My first design! Github link to the repo with pcbs and 3d printed components: https://github.com/dnlbauer/corax56-keyboard
Great work, looks like it could be a commercial product. I’m still not sure if I want choc V1 or V2, but if I go with V1, this might very well be the build I copy.
Having had the PCBs printed, have you tried regular profile switches or do they make it look weird?
Looks great with the low profile ones!
Haven’t tried regular-sized choc switches before, but they should work. One thing to consider would be that with the heigher switches, the scroll wheel might be harder to reach with the thumb because it might be physically hidden behind enter/space. Should not be a problem it you are used to use the index for them though.
This is awesome, I have a similar design coming from JLPCB this week (it is a bit more Corne like though).
Any advice or important lessons you learned?
so you need to flip the nice!nano on the other side?
No, you solder it in the same way for both sides.
The “flipping” is handled mostly internally. For The right hand side, the firmware just maps the rows and columns differently than for the left hand side. For pins where this is not possible (Vcc, Gnd,…), there are jumpers on the other side that need to be soldered.
Looks awesome! I like how you designed the pinky cluster! I don’t think I’ve seen that before on a board with 6 columns
there is another one that does something similar but that is not open source as far as I can tell: https://github.com/sprengboard/choccy
You might also like the Steel Tormentor. There are some really nice write ups about the process, too.
Phew, that scrollwheel (EVQWGD001) is pricey. Raging between 8-15 EUR.
That’s because of scalpers, they aren’t produced anymore alas. Someone on the Reddit mentioned wanting to make an alternative to that scroll wheel but I don’t know if it went farther than just designs maybe.
