Reduced Height Dactyl Split Keyboard
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The Dactyl Manuform is one of the most ergonomic keyboards but they tend to sit pretty tall on the desk. In this video I walk through my reduced-height variant: same signature keywell curve, but brought down as low as MX switches physically allow. The key spacing is also more evenly distributed than the original, which I find both more comfortable and cleaner looking. It's handwired, split, and runs on Pro Micros.
GitHub (STL files + BOM + wiring diagram): https://github.com/multifex/prototypes/tree/main/reduced-height-dactyl-split-keyboard
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Build process video:
Credits: Case geometry based on the Dactyl Keyboard by Matt Adereth and Dactyl-ManuForm by Tom Short, initially generated with Ryan Neff's Dactyl Configurator and modified in CAD by me.
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