axon
40 / 38 / 37 keys unibody
MX soldered ATmega328P QMK
axon_pcb.kicad_pcb.
No switches or keycaps: this is the board as manufactured.
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Record 89% complete · 16 of 18 fields
- ✓ Layout
- ✓ Switch footprint
- ✓ Build method
- ✓ Controller
- ✓ Body
- ✓ Firmware
- ✓ Hardware license
- ✓ Firmware license
- ✓ Documentation license
- ✓ Key pitch
- ✓ Soldering
- ✓ Soldered MCU
- ✓ Firmware targets
- ✓ Summary
- ✓ Key wiring
- ✓ Hotswap
- ✗ Splay
- ✗ Stagger
Axon is a 40% custom mechanical keyboard with an emphasis on symmetrically placed through-hole components, inspired by other keyboards such as gingham and plaid. Axon runs on an ATmega328P using VUSB and QMK.
Layouts
- 40 keys
- 38 keys
- 37 keys
Spec
Shape
- Body
- unibody
- Splay
- — not recorded —
- Stagger
- — not recorded —
- Key spacing
- MX spacing · 19.05 × 19.05 mm
Switches
- Switch footprint
- MX
- Hotswap
- Mill-Max, or solder the switches in
Electronics
- Controller
- soldered ATmega328P
- Connectivity
- Wired — the soldered ATmega328P has no radio
- USB port
- USB-C
- Firmware
- QMK (handwired/axon)
- Firmware targets
- ATmega328P
- Key wiring
- 4×11 matrix, column-to-row diodes
- Room for
- — not recorded —
- Power switch
- no
- Exposed components
- yes
Building it
- Build method
- PCB
- Soldering
- SMD, fine-pitch (USB)
- SMD required
- yes
Licensing
- Hardware
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Firmware
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Documentation
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0