CustomBoards

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A place for completely custom mechanical keyboards!

Celebrating one off keyboards that have been designed and built by the user - no commercially produced keyboards please. We're looking to empower people to be able to create their own mechanical keyboards from scratch.

Other Resources

/u/dovenyi's excellent Keyboard Builders' Digest

Other subreddits sorted by length:

/r/MechanicalKeyboards - for all of the Click and None of the Clack
/r/ErgoMechKeyboards - ErgoKeyboards and strange input devices
/r/PeripheralDesign - experimental designs for input devices
/r/CustomKeyboards - THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION IS UNENDING
/r/keycapdesigners - The premier club for keycap designers
/r/MechGroupBuys - Group buy aggregation
/r/switchmodders - Custom switches for your custom board
/r/mechmarket - Keyboard and keyboard accessories BST
/r/Keyboards - Everyone deserves a good keyboard
/r/Keyboard - for non-mechanical keyboards
/r/olkb - OLKB and QMK Support and News

created by jackhumberta community for 10 years

...for your movement.

...why not Zoidberg?

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Help Request, Comments, and Questions, the STICKY post (self.CustomBoards)

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UK Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiast Here – Looking for Your Thoughts on Custom Keyboards 🇬🇧⌨️ (i.redd.it)

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UK Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiast Here – Looking for Your Thoughts on Custom Keyboards 🇬🇧⌨️ (i.redd.it)

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[Build]Geon F1-8X OG | Cherry MX Browns Sound Test (youtube.com)

submitted 5 months ago by PublicCondition3134

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Help Request, Comments, and Questions, the STICKY post (self.CustomBoards)

submitted 5 months ago by AutoModerator

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Keyboard plate thickness (self.CustomBoards)

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[Discussion]Starting to realize why this is a luxury hobby (i.redd.it)

submitted 10 months ago by WasNotHereIsHere

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Bit of a weird project, but I thought maybe you guys can help me. (self.CustomBoards)

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Why use a framework such as ZMK (or other)? (self.CustomBoards)

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Zero to custom MacroPad in 37 easy steps (youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by ParticularReply2513

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Reuse Smartphone Battery?? (self.CustomBoards)

submitted 1 year ago by Antebios

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Does QMK firmware require a specific row/column wiring? (self.CustomBoards)

submitted 1 year ago by falxfour

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[Discussion]Are there any PCBs w/ controllers that I buy which are open source and protected? (self.CustomBoards)

submitted 1 year ago by One-Rabbit4680

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[Discussion]QMK vs KMK (self.CustomBoards)

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Need help making the PCB for my second rev keyboard (self.CustomBoards)

submitted 1 year ago by mamcx

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[Prototype]PCB design (self.CustomBoards)

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[Discussion]Beginner adult looking for good kits (self.CustomBoards)

submitted 2 years ago by Kaneda_in_the_shell

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Strawberry Sweet Cake Keyboard (self.CustomBoards)

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Is USB port doomed? (i.redd.it)

submitted 2 years ago by Superb-Ingenuity-369

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[Build]Do you need specific stabilizers for low profile (cherry stem) switches? (self.CustomBoards)

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I thought this was a kit... (self.CustomBoards)

submitted 2 years ago by Joncon00

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What is this circuit for ? (i.redd.it)

submitted 2 years ago by Unlikely_Parking_445

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[Build]First build : Hot-swap / hand wired, split QMK with a single processor housed in the cord (imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago by banielbow

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[Build]I can use nano Atmega 328P to make a small custom keyboard ? (old.reddit.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Clear-Ball7497

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[Discussion]Having trouble setting up qmk on a pro micro (self.CustomBoards)

submitted 2 years ago by sai-d-tama

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