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		tines on July 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SofleKeyboard – A split keyboard based on Lily58, ... How does one go about learning to design and make something like this?

tzarc on July 23, 2024 | [–]

https://wiki.ai03.com/ is what a lot of people use. Though it's probably easier nowadays to use an RP2040-based ProMicro form factor daughterboard so you only need to handle key placement.

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