cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45765963

The design is based on the excellent Dactyl keyboard, generated with https://ryanis.cool/cosmos/ and it runs the excellent qmk firmware. It is handwired:

and I have also made a palm support using inkscape and openscad

All printed on a reprap prusa i3 derivative.

This helps me use my computer with less pain, so I want to call out all the wonderful projects and people who contribute to them which made it possible.

Total cost? $60 aud, amortised filament ~15 bucks worth maybe? and a lot of my time haha.

  • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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    24 days ago

    I would strongly recommend it. After switching I can barely tolerate normal keyboards as I now notice how much strain I’m under using them.

    Just the ability to move around with your postural changes is so great. It’s very easy to make your own and I thoroughly endorse it.

    • verw@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      10 days ago

      I did it! Thank you for the inspiration and encouragement!

      I was gonna use Cosmos for the case, but when I went to download my final design, it kept erroring 🙃 So, I went with Skeletyl instead. It’s designed around a PCB, but I hand-wired it instead.

      I took inspiration from a Joe Scotto video and got away with using one microcontroller by connecting the two halves with a network cable (plus one extra wire because I needed 9 total). I can only include one image in this reply, but might make a post about the build with more photos.