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sneftel @lemmy.world
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soldering SMT diode is really fast

  • The only case I’ve ever seen where they make sense!

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    soldering SMT diode is really fast

  • What’s your approach to stripping the enamel from the wire?

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    Heron v1

  • I don’t have a giant resin printer, but Elecrow does. They also did the laser cutting and the PCBs. Not the quickest turnaround in the world but they do good work and their prices are remarkably low.

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    Heron v1

  • I'm happy about that now. When I was frantically scrubbing spills from the dye bath I used for the keycaps, less so.

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    Heron v1

  • Thanks! That, if I’m being honest, was the primary design concern.

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    Heron v1

  • Yes, the base is a single 3d printed part, plus an acrylic bottom plate. The scaffold legs slot into the case and are screwed in at the bottom.

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    Heron v1

  • Not yet. Truth be told, I'm still working on the firmware :-)

    • ErgoMechKeyboards @lemmy.world sneftel @lemmy.world

    Heron v1

    [!Main view](https://postimg.cc/9zQFQqm1)

    Introducing Heron, a Dactyl-inspired columnar keyboard with each column mounted on a laser-cut acrylic scaffold.

    [!Frontal view](https://postimg.cc/JskhWVrL)

    With this keeb, I wanted to get as far away as possible from the "big plastic brick" look of the Dactyl. I was inspired by the Glove80's sleek look and in particular by its "hey, just bend the FR4!" construction, but I wanted staggered columns and a more "weightless" look and I was sick of flat thumb clusters slowing me down.

    [!Rear view](https://postimg.cc/dZ3qHgHg)

    The columns are 0.8mm FR4 PCBs screwed into 8mm acrylic; FFC ribbons run down the back legs, and diodes are on the mainboard.

    [!Top view](https://postimg.cc/vg3YvGzW)

    Column positioning is essentially stolen from a Dactyl, with an extra partial row at the top so that I could use the same 4x1 PCB for each column. (It's a 3x6 at heart.) I'm quite proud of the thumb clusters, though, which are inspired by the DataHand: wrapping around the thumb, with a heel-toe motion for the middle, makes it quick and easy to press virtually any combination of keys, and thumb travel is so much less than the flat Manuform cluster.

    More pics at https://postimg.cc/gallery/Vwfqb1Q

    Video of the thumb cluster in use at https://youtube.com/shorts/eb4dZot1eeI

    Everything's open source, because why not, but the files are in a moderately execrable state right now (particularly the main case, which I designed while [and, honestly, before] learning FreeCAD). Repo at https://github.com/Sneftel/heron .

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