Keyboard fanatic Joe Scotto has unveiled his newest hand-wired keyboard design, the Scotto63 — a 63-key ergonomic ortholinear design that makes use of his self-built flat-topped ScottoCaps atop Cherry MX-compatible mechanical switches and which boasts Bluetooth wi-fi connectivity.
“The Scotto63 is a 63-key 60% split-monoblock column-staggered ortholinear wi-fi keyboard with a big 750mAh battery,” Scotto writes of his latest keyboard design. “It makes use of DangKeebs Halu Halo linear switches and my very own flat profile ScottoCaps. The one massive backside key makes use of a Holee modded stabilizer.”
The Newest “ScottoKeeb” is a 63-key design with 3D-printed flat-top keycaps — and Bluetooth wi-fi capabilities. (📷: Joe Scotto)
That is removed from Scotto’s first hand-wired keyboard. Earlier designs have included the ultra-thin ScottoWing, a one-handed enter system impressed by the Frogpad, a single-controller cut up keyboard with a VGA interconnect, the unusual-layout ScottoKatana, and the ScottoDeck — the latter designed as an Elgato Stream Deck different and boasting eight programmable keys and two enter knobs.
This time round, although, there isn’t any want for a cable in any respect — a minimum of till it runs out of battery. “As a result of it requires 20 whole pins for the [switch] matrix, a typical Arduino Professional Micro was out of the query,” Scotto explains of the microcontroller contained in the 3D-printed housing. “I opted to make use of a pleasant!nano because it has 21 whole GPIO [General-Purpose Input/Output] pins and, as a aspect impact, the board helps Bluetooth wi-fi!”
As with all Scotto’s designs, all the things is hand-wired with no PCB. (📷: Joe Scotto)
As with all of Scotto’s keyboard designs, there isn’t any PCB contained in the case. As a substitute, the switches are wired collectively utilizing copper rod and flying results in the microcontroller’s pins. Because of this, it is one thing anybody can construct with entry to a 3D printer and soldering instruments — no PCB etching wanted.
Scotto’s full write-up is offered on his web site, whereas 3D print information and the firmware supply have been printed to GitHub below the Inventive Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license — as with all his keyboard designs.
