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litl

by mohoyt · ·

47 / 45 / 44 / 43 keys unibody

MX Pro Micro socket QMK

3D render of the litl circuit board
The bare PCB, drawn from litl.kicad_pcb. No switches or keycaps: this is the board as manufactured.

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Record 88% complete · 15 of 17 fields

Litl is an easy to build 40% keyboard using only through hole components. It uses a separate microcontroller (like the Pro Micro or Elite C) to enable flexibility in connectivity and to further simplify the soldering experience (no more tricksy USB ports).

Layouts

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
Pro Micro socket
Connectivity
Wireless with a nice!nano v2 — needs a ZMK config
USB port
USB-C or micro-USB, depends on the dev board
Firmware
QMK (sthlmkb/litl)
Firmware targets
ATmega32U4
Key wiring
8×6 matrix, row-to-column diodes
Room for
encoder
Power switch
no
Exposed components
yes

Building it

Build method
PCB
Soldering
through-hole (connector, rotary encoder)
SMD required
no

Licensing

Hardware
CC-BY-NC-4.0
Firmware
CC-BY-NC-4.0
Documentation
CC-BY-NC-4.0

Sources