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HillSideView | A modified Hillside 46 with nice!view, large battery, 3dp case and cirque support (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by shaysub@lemmy.world to c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world
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While looking for my first ergo mech keyboard, I wanted something small with choc switches (and spacing), splay and wireless support. The Hillside 46 looked really nice but I wanted to make some changes to it including support for the nice!view, a large battery and the cirque trackpad. That prompted creating a fork of the Hillside 46 called the HillSideView (HSV). The main features that the HSV adds over the Hillside 46 are:

  • nice!view e-paper display for better battery life
  • Cleaner outer pinky column cut-off
  • Support for a cirque trackpad with an FFC connector on the PCB itself
  • Case design with support for large 750-3000 mAh batteries under the PCB
  • Magnetic tenting stand with the case
  • Under PCB mount for the MCU for a cleaner top display mounting

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More images here: https://imgur.com/a/YDMosnA

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[–] MouldyC@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you so much for sharing all that! I've been putting off building a wireless hillside 46(I'm really enjoying my wired one, but the wires are annoying me), and your modifications makes it perfect for me.

[–] Raimu@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh congratulation, it's great work ! You made my end game even better! I would have insta build it if did not already have an hillside46

[–] betz24@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I apologize for being uninitiated, but what is this (I assume) keyboard used for? The orientation appears to be for a specific application?

[–] shaysub@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh sorry, that's my bad. This is a split ergo keyboard that can be used for anything really. I use it for regular typing, programming and gaming. The picture here only shows the right half of the keyboard. The imgur link has another photo of both halves that should hopefully clarify things a bit more.

[–] betz24@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the explanation, keep rocking on 🤘

[–] mittyta@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it has the smallest gaps between keys I ever seen

[–] shaysub@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's one of the things that's great about the Hillside 46. Proper choc spacing means less finger movement!

[–] yes@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

i should get a hillside tbh i like how they have a kind of sweep like angle but still have pinky keys

[–] shaysub@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

That splay is what makes those pinky keys actually usable for me. It helped a lot to print the layout to see test for comfort