new keyboard: the btrfld, a foldable, low profile, tenting keyboard

Posted Apr 27, 2022, 1:53 PM UTC
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Posted Apr 27, 2022, 1:53 PM UTC
Very exciting design! Do you have any photos of it collapsed?
https://github.com/SolidHal/btrfld/raw/master/FinishedPictures/btrfld_folded.jpeg there’s more details in the comments of the crosspost.
Missed that, thanks!!
So good, right?
Hey, creator of the btrfld here. Copying my comment from the original post with more information:
The btrfld keyboard: https://github.com/SolidHal/btrfld
Pronounced "butter-fold"
A foldable, portable sibling of the btrfly keyboard https://github.com/SolidHal/btrfly-keyboard
Features:
5 key dactyl-manuform-mini thumb cluster
flat, tented qwerty keys
6 extra mappable keys
bluetooth (optional)
folds flat for portability
additional pics and gifs:
gif of the folding action: https://github.com/SolidHal/btrfld/blob/master/demos/final_draft.gif
picture of it folded: https://github.com/SolidHal/btrfld/raw/master/FinishedPictures/btrfld_folded.jpeg
picture of it with its sibling, the btrfly: https://github.com/SolidHal/btrfld/raw/master/FinishedPictures/btrfld_with_btrfly/btrfld_btrfly_top.jpeg
how thick it is when folded: https://github.com/SolidHal/btrfld/blob/master/FinishedPictures/btrfld_folded_thickness.jpeg
More pictures: https://github.com/SolidHal/btrfld/tree/master/FinishedPictures
pictures of the build process: https://github.com/SolidHal/btrfld/tree/master/BuildPictures
What keycaps are you using in example pic?
these ones https://mkultra.click/mbk-choc-keycaps
Thank you 💕