… plus figured out the basics of qmk. Will need to get it up and running with full miryoku though as this is what i use on ALL my keyboards. So if anyone can tell how i now get the full miryoku on I’d be super happy to give it a try.

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I’ve seen a lot of cheapinos lately. Is it just a new board? Why this over a sweep or a corne? Just curious if you know why they’ve been popping up so much lately

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honestly I just like to build them… I am somehow locked in to 36 keys now though and try to get miryoku onto it…

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That’s fair lol. Is this your first attempt at a 36 key layout?

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Oh no many others, some a bit over 36 keys, like piantor and revxlp… But just using 36 typically.

Chocofi is awesome, too. Also built crowboard, and a self-wired skeletyl but right side unfortunately refused to work… Need more time to look into it.

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Because they are really cheap to build. Mine was about $50 USD total. Really nice way to get into ergonomic keyboards.

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cheapino reminds me a bit of crowboard, switches (chocs) directly soldered, too - but it’s still one of my daily boards

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Are they any cheaper than a ferris sweep or a corne though? Aren’t they all open source boards?

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Ferris sweep uses choc switches which Are quite expensive. The Corne is not reversible i think, making the pcb more expensive. Also, both uses two pro micros which Are more expensive than the rp2040 of the cheapino, which also uses just one.

Not very big difference, but its cheaper…

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They use cheaper parts from when I was pricing things out.

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