- 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!
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.