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I'm not sure if I have a use case for this but on the technical aspects this is so cool. Those magnetic snaps made me grin!

Wow. This is super cool. The magnets were a great idea!

This is really cool I love the fact that it can be detached and placed in different sections. It makes it easy to move a key from one location to another without much hassle. I…

I looked over the PCB and schematic and it looks well polished. Not a first draft obviously. I sort of don’t get the 4x I2C busses. I’m probably missing something obvious but it…

at the cost of what per key? Congrats your removed all the efficiency from the system.

Non-viable product. I would NOT buy this. - How much does it cost? Sell price, not BoM price. I expect something like $10'000 for a full 104-key layout. - How heavy would it be?…

This is cool, but wouldn't it cost more than $2k for a 104-key keyboard? I can't imagine these PCBs having a final price of less than $20 each.

Pogo pins are expensive. Somewhere around $0.15-$1 per pin. This design has four pairs of two pins. So just the connectors are over a dollar per key, possibly multiple dollars

Non-viable product. I would NOT buy this. - How much does it cost? Sell price, not BoM price. I expect something like $10'000 for a full 104-key layout. - How heavy would it be?…

This is a really neat idea for a macro keyboard. If it supported staggered rows and row heights, not to mention structural rigidity it would be good for everyday use too.

Extremely cool! Another commenter mentioned[0] that often ergonomic keyboards aren't columnar, but staggered. What if for the pin layout, instead of this: ``` 1 1 0 0 ``` It was…

Hmm, somethings wrong with my hosting, https://cpbergin.com/dyson2026 should work. It’s just the same video as in the submission. I mean I think the idea is worth pursuing, this…

Extremely cool! Another commenter mentioned[0] that often ergonomic keyboards aren't columnar, but staggered. What if for the pin layout, instead of this: ``` 1 1 0 0 ``` It was…

Is there a mouse module? Can you connect in a "staggered" manner rather than in a linear grid?

This is a really neat idea for a macro keyboard. If it supported staggered rows and row heights, not to mention structural rigidity it would be good for everyday use too.

I'd suggest also adding blank modules without a switch on them for empty space on the keyboard (for example around arrow keys), that would still provide the interconnect to…

This is very cool. It needs spacers / extensions so it can be laid out as desired.

This looks awesome! It would be even better with spacers or extensions to allow more flexible customization and layout options.

I like the idea but I could only find an image of two keys. It would be great to see a demo of a full layout. With only two keys it's a very early POC and hardly a keyboard. Does…

This is awesome! How does the rigidity of the keyboard hold up with many keys and what's the cost of the materials at higher order quantity?

I like the idea but I could only find an image of two keys. It would be great to see a demo of a full layout. With only two keys it's a very early POC and hardly a keyboard. Does…

Fantastic work, I'm always excited to new modular input device projects like this. Are the connectors actually direction-agnostic? Looking at the layout it seems like depending…

you know what a spool of wire, a reel of diodes, a peice of plasticcard and a hobby knife (for a switch plate, assuming you don't have access to a 3d printer or laser cutter),…

How about using a capacitive sheet under the keys, a software x/y map -> keystrokes and a simple passive blob under the keys? That might end up cheaper than this. Nice work…

Someone sent me a link to your project because I had done something similar earlier this year, I left a github issue with the links, if I had seen this I would’ve commented like…