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| glamour potato shot of the PLUM redux keyboard |
I bought a few PLUM keyboards for their keycaps, but their cases were just going to waste. Rather than adding them to a landfill, a replacement PCB was made. Kailh low-profile switches replaced the stock cherry MLs.
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| split qwerty with numpad center |
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| cherry ML stabilizers |
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| stock cable and LED were repurposed to maintain a sleeper keyboard status |
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| PCB top showing Teensy 2.0 and LED trace |
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| Novelkeys x Kailh Jade low-profile switches |
The replacement PCB takes a nearly unusable keyboard and turns it into an ortholinear endgame. The Teensy 2.0 is mounted underneath the PCB for clearance, and the Caps Lock LED is used as both Caps and Num Lock on my custom keymap. The low-profile jade switches from
novelkeys are over-the-top in tactility and sound, so they're just right. I am still refining the final keyboard layout, as the form factor has endless possibilities. An extra set of PLUM keycaps is recommended for maximum compatability.
