• Dactyl Manuform 5x6 full with trackball.
  • Resin case, Amoeba King PCBs, and hot swaps.
  • Used Kailh Box Navy switches.
  • Adafruit KB2040 and PMW3389 for the controllers.
  • TRRS with full duplex between the halves.

Took my sweet time wiring up to not burn myself out, but I think it was worth the wait! My soldering skills certainly improved by the end of it. 😅

Also, big shout-out to Wylderbuilds!

  • @bbuez
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    Really slick! I just recently started browsing ergo and you have me inspired now! I do have to ask, what was your considerations incorporating the trackball on the keyboard as opposed to a separate trackball mouse? And how do you click? Those two arrows underneath?

    • XyreOP
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      1 year ago

      My main motivator was to stop having to take my hand off the keyboard to use the mouse. It’s inefficient and ultimately I was worried I was developing RSI in my shoulder. The alternative would be to have keyboard navigation everywhere but that’s not always feasible.

      The mouse buttons are the arrows on the left thumb. I was worried putting them on the same thumb for click and drag actions. They’re layered for secondary buttons too, so <-||- is Left or when the layer is activated Backward and -||-> is Right or Forward.

      The arrows on the right are also layered with PgUp or Home and PgDn or End.