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beekeeb / piantor

The Piantor Keyboard is a beginner-friendly, easy-to-solder, 42-key or 36-key, diodeless, low profile aggressive column staggered, hotswappable and non-hotswappable, programmable ergonomic mechanical split keyboard powered by Raspberry Pi Pico or other compatible RP2040 boards. It is based on the Cantor Keyboard.
http://docs.beekeeb.com/piantor-keyboard
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Only USB-C ports #1

Closed Lumi571 closed 1 year ago

Lumi571 commented 1 year ago

Would it be possible to create a version of the Piantor whose TRRS ports are replaced by USB-C ports?

l4u commented 1 year ago

Thank you for the suggestion, Lùmi! To keep this beginner-friendly for hand soldering, the TRRS ports will not be replaced by USB Type-C ports. It might happen if there will be a PCBA version. You might be interested in https://github.com/KarlK90/yaemk-split-kb

Lumi571 commented 1 year ago

Thanks for taking time to respond to me. :)

It seems to me that I have read that complicated soldering, such as that of the USB-C ports, can be carried out by machines in the factory if a PCBA file is provided. In this case, why not use it to take advantage of the qualities of a USB-C port while saving yourself the task of soldering it?

PS: The Yaemk-split-kb unfortunately lacks choc spacing and strong column stagger.

l4u commented 1 year ago

You can apply the schematic from yaemk-split-kb to this project to build your own version.