The El Cantor HS keyboard is a 44 key diodeless split keyboard with support for hotswap sockets, designed with simplicity in mind. It is based on the popular cantor, which is inspired on the popular corne, ferris and sweep keyboards, aiming to provide a more ergonomic (stronger column stagger) corne-like layout with a simple, easy to assemble and cheap design.
This is a WIP, you can follow the Cantor's build guide, as it is quite similar!
Big thanks to @Excellenze11 for ideas, cooperation and tests.
As for the parts list, you will need:
- 2x PCB (The left and right half are the same)
- 44 Chocv1 Keys
- 44 Chocv1 Keycaps
- 44 Hotswap sockets for Chocv1 (optional)
- 2x TRRS jacks (PJ-320A)
- 2x Blackpill microcontrollers (STM32F401CC)
You can find the Gerber files needed to order the PCB on the Gerbers directory. Look for the .zip of whatever version you would like!
Firmware for this keyboard is in the QMK tree. You can find sources in this path. You can see/change the layout here.
I'm a hobbyist/amateur at best. So there may be things that aren't optimized. So if you decide to use this, then please be advised that I'm not providing any sort of liability and you should exercise some caution. Use these file for your own risk. Thanks Sebastian Stumpf for this text.