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Pardon for off topic. The designer in me hates that they used AI for every single asset in this release post, looks so amateurish.

Yep 150 mAh, it's what I had on hand. But I should have space for 300-500 mAh. I recharge the left (master peripheral) once per ~1.5 weeks. Right side only needs recharging every 2–3 weeks.

Sealant is not a bad shout once I find the perfect switch<>cap fit. This elusive tolerance gap has been my moby dick moment for some time. (So when I get around to buy a resin printer)

This is such a chaotic solution, I love it.

I would not put OLEDs for the reasons you mentioned, but also because it would drain the battery in 1 day vs 1 week.

Steel is likely better and surely stronger, but manufacturers charge 2x more for steel alloy machining. At that price level, titanium also becomes an interesting option.

Autodesk Fusion

Li-Po 401235

Humanscale M8.1

Final product, i.e only the parts and components were $400.

The cost of all the tools and software I did not track but I would guess I invested somewhere around $1K which includes software licenses, shipping, new tools etc.

But I find tracking the cost of research a bit impractical as it doesn't include indirect costs like billable hours that I technically could have spent on clients etc.

Keep me posted! Whats your bsky/x?

Correct, it's MX Master 3S in gray

The PCBWay order came from China to my EU address, I wasn't aware they have manus in other places. For a set of two enclosures I paid $187 excluding shipping.

It's a Ghost S1 Chinese copy called Acat X2

https://caseend.com/data/acat/acat-x2

Almost 1-1 in dimensions but with thicker panels

Keen eye, initially I did sort the right split from left-to-right. But also over time the fat from the fingers affected the color as well, so I figured it's a loosing battle anyway. I'm waiting for a white colored MJF print, which should eliminate these color woes once I figure out the proper dimensions.

CAD for the case and keycaps was Fusion360 (Paid version to have Configurations which are clutch)

And the following subs were great for general CAD/Electronic knowledge

* https://www.youtube.com/@Fusion360School * https://www.youtube.com/@adafruit * https://www.youtube.com/@Borgedesigns * https://www.youtube.com/@TheFusionEssentials * https://www.youtube.com/@joe_scotto

Thank you, My first few attempts were with a SMD stencil and a 50x50mm hotplate, it's true that maybe a larger hotplate that could span the whole PCB might have done a better job. But with the smaller plate it was "easier" to just manually apply solder paste and do 4 switches at a time.

I think this method is also highly specific to these switches. They are known for being difficult to solder with hobby-tier equipment.

Definitely looking into adding trackpad/trackpoint/touchpad(?) into the V2. And finding a way to do so without sacrificing the minimalist look and feel too much.

Haha I didn’t think it would be misinterpreted as a typo. It’s colloquially called “pain rectangle” within the ergo community. But happy it amused the readers. I edited the article to include that explanation!

Hey HN,

I built a wireless, split, ultra-low profile keyboard from scratch called Bayleaf. As a beginner I learned all things electronics, PCB-building, designing for manufacturing, and many other hardware-related skills to put this together.

This case study dives into the build process and of course the final result, hope you enjoy!

No questions, just sharing that I was smiling like an idiot when I saw the wire transfer email screenshot. Maybe I felt emotionally invested since I remember reading your previous posts about the less-than-ideal design studio collaborations.

What a feeling! Congrats.

Designer here. They really shouldn't because it is de facto the industry standard and no other software even comes close. Why do you think Adobe was willing to buy it for 20B

This is the most "HN" post in a while. Love it.

Not a stupid question, having built a small form factor PC, I can say that liquid cooling the whole machine would require an 10x effort as you need to install extra equipment to make it work such as: pumps, reservoirs, dealing with tubing, leak testing, annual cleaning of liquid, dealing with corrosion if you use the wrong metals for the cooling parts and million other things.

Note that the author used AIO (all in one) cooling for the CPU, which is equivalent to plug-n-play liquid cooling in a closed loop. You don't have to deal with any of the above with this.

And finally, the GPU are very optimized for air cooling anyways, especially the Founder Edition cards that you see here. You would not see any huge temperature drops going from air > liquid. But liquid sure looks cooler.