finally finished this wireless le chiffre 🥳

The pcb is an edit of MangoIV's le_chiff_ble drop-in replacement courtesy of dreipunkteinsvier (unpublished as of now).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

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9 Comments

Gumshoe@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

How much of this was soldered by you vs the pcb manufacture? Boards without a separate MCU have always fascinated me, but I haven't been able to price one out because haven't been able to figure out how to use JLBPCP's pcb assembly service.

apfel@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

I only soldered the mcu module and the hs sockets. Usually also prefer seperate mcu board for flexibility and repairability

pHr34kY@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Do the thumb keys do the h-line and f-line modifiers? I've never seen a katakana board in action.

apfel@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

it's just the legends, i'm not typing katakana with it 😅

dreipunkteinsvier@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Nice Schiff ;-) Do you want to add a pic from the inside, showing the silk?

apfel@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Oh, sure! And maybe post some pics of your own chiffs, too! 😏

dreipunkteinsvier@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

You're right, I really should

dnzm@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I really enjoy the board, but the thumbs are waaaay too tucky for me

Yeah... I took one look at that image and my thumbs started cramping up right away. ;)

It does look very snazzy, though!

apfel@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

when ignoring the tucky thumb keys it's quite nice :)