That splay is what makes those pinky keys actually usable for me. It helped a lot to print the layout to see test for comfort
That's one of the things that's great about the Hillside 46. Proper choc spacing means less finger movement!
While looking for my first ergo mech keyboard, I wanted something small with choc switches (and spacing), splay and wireless support. The Hillside 46 looked really nice but I wanted to make some changes to it including support for the nice!view, a large battery and the cirque trackpad. That prompted creating a fork of the Hillside 46 called the HillSideView (HSV). The main features that the HSV adds over the Hillside 46 are:
- nice!view e-paper display for better battery life
- Cleaner outer pinky column cut-off
- Support for a cirque trackpad with an FFC connector on the PCB itself
- Case design with support for large 750-3000 mAh batteries under the PCB
- Magnetic tenting stand with the case
- Under PCB mount for the MCU for a cleaner top display mounting
Some links:
- Repo
- BOM
- Short build guide
- ZMK keymap
More images here: https://imgur.com/a/YDMosnA
Got it, I was mostly curious if fak would/could be extended to the CH582.
I assumed that QMK would be wired, but looking through the repo, seems like it does support wireless as well! https://github.com/O-H-M2/qmk_port_ch582
This is so cool! Couldn't find it on the GitHub page, but does this firmware also support wireless or maybe can be extended for that?
This is actually my fork of the Hillside with enough PCB changes that the case won't directly work with the original hillside unfortunately. Here's my repo: https://github.com/wannabecoffeenerd/hillside
For my board, I printed keycaps, plate and case all with FDM in PLA.
I printed different layouts to scale to figure out which one might work best for me
These look great! Gonna try replacing my Chicago stenos with these sculpted caps
Yeah, both valid points. I was asking about the firmware supporting an esp32 specifically for the wireless capabilities. And on terms of battery life, I went overboard and installed 3000mAh batteries in my keyboard that I can use to power the display 😂
Oh neat! QMK seems to be the most appropriate for trackpads. I was thinking of something that could be wireless which afaik QMK doesn't support. And ZMK's support for pointer devices is not great just yet.
This is super cool! Is the firmware flexible enough to support a similar ESP32 based chip? Something like this. That'll then allow you to make the touchpad wireless over BLE and just stick it on any keyboard as long as you have a way to power it.
Can I take you up on that offer? :) I already have a board with a 12 pin fpc connector for the cirque trackpad but I suppose it mainly needs one level of redirection to support the VIK standard?
I haven't steamed milk yet but the steam pressure seems pretty good. And pressure gauge is something I'm going to set up later today, so will report back here with thoughts.
Got my Argos today and it looks and feels so much better than I expected. It's super tiny, beautifully designed and setting it up was very easy. Filled it up with 40GH/40KH water and it got to temp within 5 mins or so. Flushed for a bit to clean out the water path. Pulled a shot with some washed Ethiopian beans 18:40 and it tasted really nice and soft, lots of nice lemon acidity, very nice floral notes and some white sugar sweetness. This was in spring config with the 6 bar spring. Also got the analog pressure gauge and digital transducer. Need to install those and play with the app over the next few days.
Swapping out the pump should be relatively straightforward. One thing you might consider when buying a new pump is getting the brass version (Ulka EX5) that many have said reduces noise. There's also a higher wattage version (52W instead of 41W) of the same pump that has higher water debit and can give you more flexibility which is the one I got for my machine (Ulka EAX5)