Thumb Keyboard

Handhald ortholinear keyboard on tactile switches

Alex

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Description

Touch keyboards have taken over the mobile gadget market. Let's make physical keyboards great again! The goal of this project is to develop a handy physical keyboard for mobile devices like smartphones. With the power of qmk I believe this goal can be achieved!

Details

Key features:

Optimized for handheld use
Clean ortholinear layout
Fully programmable
Utilizes both thumb keys and shoulder buttons
Pocketable
Cute
? Wierless
? Built-in trackpoint

Files

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thumb_layout.hex test layout for keyboard hex - 49.70 kB - 07/10/2022 at 11:14		Download

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Alex • 07/12/2022 at 13:32 • 0 comments

Finally, I create something that I can actually use to get a feel for the project.

It looks like the cheap switches I used are garbage because they feel different. Some are clicky, others are mushy. There may be the problem with the caps or the case as well.

I plan to learn how to touch type on this keyboard. Perhaps I should put marks on the caps.