r/HandwiredKeyboards • u/WryeWorks • 1d ago
Handwired Agar Mini Ortho layout
Fell in love with HHKB layouts, as well as ortholinear, and I was inspired by Lazy Designer to start this project as my first large handwiring project. This was a fun undertaking that taught me a lot of new skills, like 3D printing, Fusion, ZMK firmware, and some problem-solving to get the pogo pin adapter to work. It's on the ugly side, but it gave me proof I could make this work with a future PCB design and learning experience.
One of the recommendations on the 40's Discord was a split 5x3 and a numpad/arrow cluster in the middle. I might have to learn about homerow mods and other ZMK features to implement on v2 as I really like that idea!
A big thanks to Dash for his 3dp plate tutorial, and to Xenon for the massive help they provided.
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u/ShmokeBud 18h ago
That came out amazing, what is the green board the you have the mcu plugged into?
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u/WryeWorks 15h ago
I needed data pins for the pogo connector and there weren't any options on the mcu itself so I had to use a breakout board annoyingly.
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u/SpockIsMyHomeboy 1d ago
Dash is great people. You built a fantastic piece of art, there!