Since switching to a staggered-column, split keyboard in late 2021, I occasionally found that it was not the most compact or practical. I needed something more suitable to bring on the go, but still wanted to keep the ergonomic features. Thus, I opened up KiCad and got to work.

This semi-split, ortholinear layout places a joystick between the two halves, reminiscent of the trackpoints in the center of some laptop keyboards. The result is an all-in-one device that's easy to take with you.

Focused on simplicity, this keyboard doesn't have any extra features like RGB (aside from hotswap, and the joystick of course).