• Splad
  • Project Structure
  • Journal
  • PCB
    • Schematic
    • PCB Design [Left]
    • PCB Design [Right]
  • BOM
  • Software

Cover	Exploded View (ish)

A 48 key split ergonomic keyboard, with a screen and trackpad, created only using KiCad and Fusion 360 (no fancy tools like Ergogen, etc teeheehee - except for rending in Blender of course). The case is again in two sections, which join together via 8 magnets.

I made this project because my current keyboard is too loud for my workspace, and as well as that I wanted to try a new keyboard layout in my longer holiday post-GCSEs, so I decided to also design a split keyboard to more easily accomodate the new layout. As well as this, it is much more compact as I don't need to carry a separate keyboard and mouse. Even though my current keyboard is a membrane one its still noisy, especially because the keycaps slide against the case when moving down - something I prevented in my design, to reduce the noise.

└── 📁hackpad
    └── 📁production
        └── ... # Contains all Gerber ZIPs, case `.step` files, and also the .f3z project from Fusion 360 itself. The `plate-left.dxf` is the only DXF for the plate, as it was mirrored in KiCad, for the `plate-right.zip` - saves time.
    └── 📁firmware
        ├── ... # Contains the ZMK firmware
    ├── JOURNAL.md # The journal of the design process
    └── README.md # This file
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The journal contains each day's work, logged, with the aid of images. Total time is at the top and each day has its time logged. There is also a Table of Contents for easy navigation :).

Fully checked with DRC / ERC - no errors.

$207.83

Will be mostly added once the physical components are received and assembled, as I don't want to start writing code and then find out it doesn't work because I accidentally used libraries for different components, or something similar to that.

I have added some code in the /firmware directory though.

_{Thanks to Hackclub for such an amazing opportunity - this project was made by @skifli with 🩷, under the MIT License.}