Featuring the Kaly42, a DIY split mechanical keyboard! Building your own keyboard can be less expensive than buying a prebuilt board, but you miss out on nice features, and (depending on skill level) get a lower quality keyboard. Basically, you get what you pay for.
Dwctor's video on the Kaly42: https://youtu.be/PhxM8o__9Xo
Ben Eater's 8-bit Computer: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLowKtXNTBypGqImE405J2565dvjafglHU
Kaly42 Keyboard Case, 3D Model: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6580956
Keyboards mentioned in video:
- Moonlander Mark I: https://www.zsa.io/moonlander
- The Voyager: https://www.zsa.io/voyager/
- Glove80: https://www.moergo.com/collections/glove80-keyboards
- Kinesis Advantage: https://kinesis-ergo.com/products/#keyboards
- Dygma Defy: https://dygma.com/products/dygma-defy
- Naya Create: https://naya.tech/
The Corne42 LP Kit from keebmaker was NOT sponsored, so I can't recommend (or not not recommend), but here is the link: https://keebmaker.com/collections/kits/products/corne-low-profile-kit
Chapters:
0:00 - My new keyboard
0:50 - Why the Kaly42?
1:57 - Cost of the Kaly42
2:57 - Cost of keyboard kit (feat. Corne42LP)
4:43 - Getting sidetracked on a fun soldering project
5:25 - Cost of prebuilt Corne42 vs other prebuilt keyboards
8:33 - Kaly42 custom case
9:05 - Outro and Kaly42 typing test