orthoLabLogs 📦

Purpose Outline details, rules, and prizes of the first ever pocket keyboard design contest. Mechanical keyboards are an fun way to interface with a computer thanks to their premium sound and feel. One draw back of many mechanical keyboards, however, is that many of them…

Purpose Discuss design considerations when designing a cost optimized keyboard. Showcase my newest keybaord, the idawgz32, as well as talk about the pros and cons of the board. Discuss my experience using FAK. There's been a huge wave of keyboards using the CH552 microcontroller following…

Purpose: Talk about my latest keyboard, the pusheenz40, as well as the SMD switches it uses. Addtionally cover the design process to make keycaps for the SMD switches. My last pocket keyboard, the modkipz40, was a board that I was fairly satisfied with. It was…

Purpose: Discuss how I made the modkipz40, my new "ergonomic" pocket board that uses mouse switches. Talk about my first experience using ergogen, it's advantages and drawbacks, as well how this project shifted my view on keyboard ergonomics. I thoroughly enjoyed making and using my…

Objective: bunchiez40 is my new tiny keyboard that uses unique switches to achieve it's form factor while still making it viable to type 85+ wpm on. In this log, I will discuss my cool new keyboard, how I got to this point, as well as…