This one pushed the limits. It's a little over-the-top for a wireless build but it's alive and thocking.
This is a 4x6 whole matrix Dactyl Manuform. The case is printed in translucent smoke resin with an acrylic coating.
It's fully wireless running some of the latest ZMK features. Here's the list:
- Trackball support with a PMW3610 sensor utilizing inorichi's new driver and the in-development pointing device setup (it's imminent). It has precision and drag scroll modes enabled on Raise and Lower layers.
- Two Nice!View screens running their standard ZMK widgets -- battery status, connection status, WPM graph, device connection, and current layer.
- Both standard EC11 and wheel-style EVQWGD001 rotary encoders. Volume up/down, page scrolling, and RGB controls on Raise.
- Full hardware per-key RGB running ZMK's Underglow configuration. (ZMK doesn't yet support true per-key RGB.)
- Four layers with support for the Nick Coutsos' ZMK keymap layer editor
It's all running on a pair of PillBug nRF52840 controllers from MechWild and powered by a couple of thick 18650 LiPo batteries. I used Skree Claw flexible PCBs from TheBigSkree for the right and left key matrices which worked out really nicely using his Translator breakout.
Oh, and those are Kailh Purple Pro switches, if you were curious.
It's a lot. It's pushing and/or exceeding the limits feature-wise, power-wise, pin-wise, and memory-wise. But it's alive. The right side PillBug is very nearly maxed out. There were foibles along the way and one or two (or ten) bang-head-on-desk moments, but it all came off in the end.
So.
We're having a light snack of a sale this weekend to celebrate the success of this build. Get 5% off any order with code WYLD_LIGHT_SNACK. Ends midnight, March 31st.
Full Dactyl Manuform Builds (wired and wireless) https://wylderbuilds.com/shop/p/dactyl-manuform-build
DIY Dactyl Manuform Build Kit https://wylderbuilds.com/shop/p/manuform-diy-kit
Resin Dactyl Manuform Case Prints https://wylderbuilds.com/shop/p/dactyl-manuform-resin-print
PLA Dactyl Manuform Case Prints https://wylderbuilds.com/shop/p/made-to-order-dactyl-manuform-cases
If you'd like to try a Dactyl Manuform case on for size, we sell "sizing prints" of our C stock keyboard cases so you can actually try a case in hand to gauge how it feels.
https://wylderbuilds.com/shop/p/hand-size-print
Cheers!
Andy @ Wylderbuilds
Hey Andy!
I will buy one of your 3x5 dactyl manuform builds if I'm ever in the US! Love your work