In honour of Star Trek Day here's a wise vulcan proverb from Yoda; "Do. Or do not. There is no try.”.
Seems relevant.
Last year on May fourth I was travelling back from Birmingham, UK, and wore my Rogue One tshirt in honour of Star Wars day. It was fun that many of the airport officials/security guards noticed it. Yes, I did actually say "May the fourth be with you" to a customs officer.
Anyway.
Building the Iris keyboard was fun, but anyone who's built a mechanical keyboard knows that it can quickly become a bit of an addiction/hobby... I need moooore.
I've seen a few variations of the Dacyl keyboard and I want one. Real bad. Part of my obsession stems from the hunt for an ergonomic split keyboard and this is some next level stuff. It's dreamy. I've also stumbled across a few different build guides where people hand wired them. So I think that's my next challenge. Who doesn't want to dabble in some pcb-free electronics every now and then? This brings me back to Yoda's quote and my approach to all the things:
Pfft. I can do that too.
Since I'm still super in love with the Iris keyboard, I'm not giving her up and won't go as crazy ordering custom everything for the Dactyl, but I'll make it look good. I'm going to keep it a bit more cost effective, as much as you can when building a mechanical keyboard, anyway.
Time to play the waiting game... again.
For fun, I also ordered parts to build Keeb.io's Fourier 40% staggered split, because. Just because.
For added funtimes, I also, also ordered a Chocopad PCB, from Keeb.io, and some Kailh switches/caps, from NovelKeys, to make a macropad for gaming. We'll see how that goes another other time.
Back to waiting...
Here's a May 4th throwback to my last day in Birmingham, right before heading to the airport.
Note my sweet selfie skills.