Hi all, I recently got into the world of ergo mech by borrowing a friend’s old Iris v2, and I really love how powerful and customizable things can be with QMK firmware.

Recently, my old n52te has started to show signs of age after a dozen or so years of abuse. If you’re not familiar, they look like this:

There’s definitely stuff that could be improved on–just being able to build your own firmware for it would be amazing. Having one or two more thumb buttons for layers would be sweet as well.

The community of ergo mech keyboard builders are doing some super cool things with 3d printed builds and all kinds of neat stuff. Since I’ve just been dipping my toes in, my question is: does anyone know of any good replacements for my n52te? Is this something anyone has tried tinkering around with?

Thanks!

  • unmoored@awful.systems
    3·
    6 months ago

    Others have mentioned some of the boards on this list, but YAL should be pretty comprehensive list of boards with dpads

  • teft@lemmy.world
    2·
    6 months ago

    I miss my nostromo…

    Mine broke a long time ago and i couldn’t find a decent replacement. I hope you find one.

    • boatswain@infosec.pubOP
      1·
      6 months ago

      Me too! So far, the Azeron is looking most appealing, though I’m concerned about Linux support. It sounds like some people have got it working though, so maybe it’ll pan out. The ideal would still be something that supports QMK, so I’m still interested to hear if anyone’s come up with anything that does that.

  • rando@lemmy.ml
    1·
    6 months ago

    Check https://svalboard.com/. Personally this is next keyboard / mouse i’m going to try (I don’t have experience with it yet, however seems to have enough customization to accommodate any needs).

    I saw azeron recommended previously, svalboard is definitely supported on linux (uses via)