Keyboard collection: Iris

Various electronic components, cables, and mechanical keyboard parts are arranged on a floral-patterned surface.A cluttered workspace with electronic components, a soldering iron, and circuit boards is set up on a wooden table.A hand is holding a makeshift musical instrument made from a slinky and metal tines.A close-up of a complex printed circuit board with various electronic components, including resistors and a distinctive white pattern.Two black circuit boards with various electronic components and connectors are placed on a wooden surface.A customizable split keyboard with scattered keycaps is laid out on a wooden surface.A custom keyboard PCB with a distinct white design and various electronic components, labeled with Lewis Ridden and a circuit board from Pro Micro attached.A vintage IBM keyboard is placed above a modern split ergonomic keyboard on a wooden surface.

This one was circa February 2019. I do like the idea and style of split keyboards, this wasn’t my first split but maybe my first built split.

I enjoyed building it, but with a split board that was also ortholinear, and thumbs keys, I didn’t really enjoy using it. Unless I’m using it all the time (which I wasn’t as I spent 8 hours a day at work on a regular keyboard) then I’d never get used to it.

A sneak at another favourite keyboard

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