https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard

Parameterized ergonomic keyboard
https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard

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Parameterized ergonomic keyboard

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard
• Owner: adereth
• License: agpl-3.0
• Created: 2015-03-06T23:15:58.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-01-17T09:20:46.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-01T11:23:47.269Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: OpenSCAD
• Size: 75.5 MB
• Stars: 2,914
• Watchers: 148
• Forks: 843
• Open Issues: 45
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# The Dactyl Keyboard

The Dactyl is a parameterized, split-hand, concave, columnar, ergonomic keyboard.



There's a talk about the motivation and design of the Dactyl that helps provide context for this repo:

[![IMAGE ALT TEXT HERE](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uk3A41U0iO4/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk3A41U0iO4)

## Assembly

### Generating a Design

**Setting up the Clojure environment**

* [Install the Clojure runtime](https://clojure.org)

* [Install the Leiningen project manager](http://leiningen.org/)

* [Install OpenSCAD](http://www.openscad.org/)

**Generating the design**

* Run `lein repl`

* Load the file `(load-file "src/dactyl_keyboard/dactyl.clj")`

* This will regenerate the `things/*.scad` files

* Use OpenSCAD to open a `.scad` file.

* Make changes to design, repeat `load-file`, OpenSCAD will watch for changes and rerender.

* When done, use OpenSCAD to export STL files

**Tips**

* [Some other ways to evaluate the clojure design file](http://stackoverflow.com/a/28213489)

* [Example designing with clojure](http://adereth.github.io/blog/2014/04/09/3d-printing-with-clojure/)

### Printing

Pregenerated STL files are available in the [things/](things/) directory.

### Wiring

Masks for the flexible PCBs I used are available for the [left](resources/pcb-left.svg) and [right](resources/pcb-right.svg) side.

A [very rough guide for the brave is here](guide/README.org#wiring) - It will be improved over time (**TODO**)!

## License

Copyright © 2015 Matthew Adereth

The source code for generating the models (everything excluding the [things/](things/) and [resources/](resources/) directories is distributed under the [GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3](LICENSE).  The generated models and PCB designs are distributed under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License Version 4.0](LICENSE-models).