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Where can I find open hardware PCBs for ANSI 104/108 layouts ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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I am looking for an open hardware PCB Ready to send files for oshpark, seedstudio or jlcpcb like places

A PCB with the following features

wired of an MCU supported by mainline QMK/ZMK/VIA and or VIAL correctly wired for bluetooth/2.4G and wired battery powered USB-C port surface mount diode and individually addressable LEDs

Has anyone ever made such an open hardware PCB ?

Last month I purchased a keyboard, it is physically very nice and has all the features I listed above, except it runs it's own unmodifiable proprietary firmware, so the whole thing is garbage.

Pity because physically this keyboard is everything I wanted

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[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

The very specific combination might not have been done, but full size PCBs are out there, especially as replacements for vintage boards. If you don't mind ISO and only a row of LEDs rather than per-key, there's THIS, which seems to have Bluetooth. They seem to have made some interesting choices with the numpad as well, which is for the most part NOT electrically distinct from the numrow.

There's also this collection, which might send you in the right direction. If you can do some coding in QMK/ZMK, you might be able to make one of the BLE enabled Pro Micro clones work.