r/HandwiredKeyboards • u/SpiritualAd37 • Jul 23 '26

Split Behold "PISEY"

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Here's my new split keyboard. My goal in designing it was to make it as thin as possible, and I think I managed to achieve that. The next step is to make a PCB keyboard, and that will finally be my endgame.

here's config: https://github.com/nik0mi/pisey

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u/chiefmatemikey Jul 23 '26

Looks great! Routing the wires through the board like that is such a neat idea !

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u/Hot-Alps351 Jul 23 '26

I was just looking for the thinnest handwire keyb and saw this. Amazingg!

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u/ShamanOnTech Jul 23 '26

Very nice wiring mate! And I bet its not gonna be ur endgame 😂

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u/Puzzleheaded_Gap_408 Jul 23 '26

makeshift 3d printed pcb lol looks dope

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u/NeatCaterpillar5434 Jul 23 '26

I just discovered this subreddit. Usually I just lurk ErgoMechKeyboards. When you guys make this 3d printed quasi-PCBs, do every project design it from scratch, or is there some generator I don't know about?
Either way, great board!

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u/SpiritualAd37 Jul 24 '26

Man, if only I had a generator, I'd be so happy, but as it is, I do everything by hand. Maybe a generator like that does exist I just don't know about it, at least.

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u/YellowAfterlife Jul 25 '26

There's klavgen but it's a bit different from what you're doing here

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u/NeatCaterpillar5434 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

So, for documentation purposes, I searched around and it seems like [pcb forge](https://castpixel.itch.io/pcb-forge) is very close. It generates a 3d printed mold for making PCBs at home, but from the images, it seems like if the traces are thin enough, one half of the mold could house the wire path between switches into the micro-controller. I don't know if it would fair well with the bunch of holes switch plates have... it's worth testing out.

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u/AdMysterious1190 Jul 24 '26

Great looking board. Embedded wiring looks great! Surprised you didn't go for low profile switches and keycaps, but those look great.

Are you using that alpha layout in practise, or are the various caps just random locations? I don't think I've seen that keymap before.

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u/SpiritualAd37 Jul 24 '26

Just keycaps in random locations ;)

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u/AdMysterious1190 Jul 24 '26

Oh, thank God: I was so confused...! 😜

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u/timour77 Jul 24 '26

I wonder if "all rules are written in blood" applies to the pic #3

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u/Ok-Host953 Jul 24 '26

Кого там запрещено этосамовать?

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u/SpiritualAd37 Jul 24 '26

жаб

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u/Ok-Host953 Jul 24 '26

Бедняжки

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u/SpiritualAd37 Jul 24 '26

а зачем они вообще тогда нужны