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Ergonomic Keyboard with an Integrated Mouse Sensor
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GITHUB · launched Sep 19, 2026 · 11 upvotes (top 68%) · 0 views
Niche: open-source hardware and maker electronics · 180 launches, 3 in the last 7 days ▼ -73% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Hardware & robotics
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
No This is a physical hardware engineering project combining ergonomic keyboard PCB design, mechanical enclosure fabrication, and integrating an optical mouse sensor with embedded firmware. It requires physical EE, CAD, and embedded C firmware development that cannot be vibe-coded into existence.
What it would actually take: A builder must design a custom PCB in KiCad incorporating a microcontroller (like RP2040 or ATmega32U4) and an optical tracking sensor module (like PMW3360/PMW3389). They must write or configure embedded firmware using QMK or ZMK to handle both matrix scanning and SPI sensor communication, while also 3D modeling and prototyping ergonomic cases using CAD and CNC/3D printing. Physical EE laboratory equipment, PCB assembly, and embedded hardware debugging are required.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 1765 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #1254 of 1766 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 325 days after the earliest competitor.
- fievel · github · 2026-09-10 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.74
- Ortho-Ball · github · 2026-09-30 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.65
- inlay · github · 2026-09-30 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- Tessera · hn · 2026-07-29 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- EdgePad · hn · 2026-10-25 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- UaSwitch · github · 2026-11-08 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- A Truly Modular Keyboard · hn · 2026-10-25 · 318 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- Mech keyboard sounds driven by a hidden accelerometer in MacBooks · hn · 2026-03-17 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.60
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