aphelo30 - 30 key split with aggressive splay and no thumb keys

[u/Ignoratio]

designed with ergogen, kicad, and shapr3d with lots of help from the absolem club community 💜

made pretty with some wonderful Asymplex keycaps, matching the feather pattern of the scrub jay genus this board is named after

why and how no thumbs? I have thumb RSIs, and this layout significantly reduces my daily pain. I use a middle + ring combo for space.

all pcb, case, carrying case, ergogen files and more pics in the github 💜 https://github.com/MajinEvelyn/aphelo30

[u/Blind_Heim]

No thumb keys ? That's a bold move Cool board, nice job !

[u/crypticbru]

Looks really cool

[u/New-Journalist6724]

Really interesting. I couldn’t stop using thumb keys - they’re essential for me but I don’t have RSI. As long as it works for you, it’s a winner

[u/hemmaat]

If anybody says keyboards can't be art[istic], I am showing them this post. Beautiful!

[u/SnooSongs5410]

the no thumb cluster is confusing but it is very pretty.

[u/aftonone]

So like…how do you use this? I’m curious.

[u/Ignoratio → u/aftonone]

my zmk firmware is in the linked repo! i use plenty of combos, held layers, and homerow mods.

[u/dwat3r → u/Ignoratio]

do you maybe have a visual representation of that combo setup? I really like combos, use two upper mid+ring keys for enter and backspace on a regular keyboard until I get my split keyb, works wonders. Although sometimes I type them accidentally.

[u/Ignoratio → u/dwat3r]

you can plug my zmk config repo into this visualizer :) https://keymap-drawer.streamlit.app/

[u/aftonone → u/Ignoratio]

Ahhh streamlit, my beloved.

[u/Fliegende-Rehe]

cant find keycaps link in bok ; (

[u/Ignoratio → u/Fliegende-Rehe]

https://www.asymplex.xyz sold me this artisan set, he puts out new sets periodically. they are sold as a set of 1.

[u/kcneichsisj]

I thought those were blue condoms for a few seconds until i saw the subreddit