Last year FAK inspired me to design the Miao as a cheap alternative to the Seeeduino Xiao line of MCU boards.

After some protoyping and redesigning it's now powering my Zilpzalp for the very first time, running a minimal FAK config!

And the best thing is, the more polished production version is available very cheaply at keeb.supply! (Not an affiliate link, I'm just excited :D)

Upgraded to a case with space for a battery, so now i can finally use this wirelessly :)

PCB is an edited version of MangoIV's le_chiff_ble curtosy of dreipunkteinsvier (unpublished as of now).

Case and gap-filling plate are closed-source designs by Bubbleology, who was so kind to let me get them printed 💚

Firmware: ZMK of course

Keycaps: MT3 2048 Katakana and DES thumbs printed in mjf.

Switches: lichicx lucy

Extra pics:

follow up to https://lemmy.world/post/4860453

As promised in the comments last time, here's the update with the new case :) Hope y'all like it!

Keyboard: BRK OUT by weteor
Caps: Vintage Triumph Adler
Case: Light Ivory 3dp, brushed metal inlay

More pics:

Finally found some fitting caps for my BRK OUT: Vintage Triumph Adler harvested from a Gabriele 9009 typewriter.

Keeb: https://github.com/weteor/BrkOut/

The pcb is an edit of MangoIV's le_chiff_ble drop-in replacement courtesy of dreipunkteinsvier (unpublished as of now).

[Edit: It's obviously running ZMK firmware. Edit2: Tried fixing images by reuploading... ]

Case is Bubbleology's fantastic 3dp design (closed source).

Alphas are MT3 (2048 Katakana), thumbs 3dp DES by Pseudoku (mjf print from jlc).

I really enjoy the board, but the thumbs are waaaay too tucky for me 😅 I basically can't reach the 1.25u ones without significant discomfort / moving my entire hand. Good thing it's got a few too many keys for my taste so i can just ignore those thumbs :D

Peek inside:

Have been using the UT22 with the Taipo layout for a while now and am very happy with it. (Nowhere near my usual speeds yet, but very usable for recreational purposes!)

The case is Bubbleology's own closed-source design, which he kindly allowed me to get printed.

The firmware I'm using can be found here. :)

Built 2 versions of the MX/KS hybrid zilpzalp, here's aome height comparison when using bottom plates. It may be possible to use shorter stand-offs, but going 1mm shorter, stuff started touching the bottom plate so i left it like this.

Bonus top view:

Top to bottom, left to right:

• Azra by Yussuf (repo not available yet)
• square-spacing Zilpzalp (aka cfxilpcfxalp)
• KLOR Sägewerk by GEIST
• Hummingbird by PJE66
• OG Zilpzalp (default choc spacing)
• TOTEM by GEIST
• Splaytoraid by Freya
• Sweep Bling MX by David Philip Barr
• KLOTZ by GEIST

Minizilp and Elecom Huge

I've noticed that most communities mainly show day-old posts with default sorting. Sorting by New or Hot helps with seeing newer posts. Kinda obvious, but I sure didn't realize until trying it out 😅

Sweep Bling MX with Triumph Adler keycaps salvaged from an old Gabriele 9009 typewriter.

As they are mostly uniform profile, I could actually make them fit my layout 😍

This is the fanciest version of the Zilpzalp keyboard, with actual plates! Also very nice to be able to use DES caps due to the MX / KS33 hybrid footprint.

Files available on github.

The first Zilpzalp – default choc spacing, robins with purpz-springs, Pseudoku's Chicago Steno caps

Github repo

Brought the smallest Zilpzalp into work today. Purpz switches, 3d-printed Philadelphia Minimalist keycaps.

Github Repo here :)