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# Corax: A column-staggered fully-wireless split keyboard with scrollwheels.
- Choc-spaced, hot-swappable
- Two versions: with 45 or 54 keys
- Scrollwheel (EVQWGD001) on both sides
- Strong pinky stagger (0.66) and a 5 deg. pinky splay
- Fully wireless built for Nice!Nano + ZMK (no TRRS Jack)
- Nice!View support (5 pin connector)
- Reversible PCB
- 3d printable magnetic case, switchplate and MCU cover
## Gallery
![top](./images/corax_fkcaps.jpg)
![top](./images/top.jpg)
![mcu1](./images/mcu1.jpg)
![mcu2](./images/mcu2.jpg)
![case](./images/magnetic_case.jpg)
![pcb](./images/pcb.jpg)
![top](./images/pcb_render_front.jpg)
## Corax56 vs Corax54
I initially designed the Corax56 (=56 keys) with 4 pinky keys. The upper key (usually mapped to ESC) was placed in a new column because I found it easier to reach horizontally than vertically.
Over the time, I realized that I am not using this button very often. The Corax54 was born as a more compact version where the pinky cluster misses this additonal column and has only 54 keys (2 less). This is the only difference between the two versions.
## Firmware
Natively supports [ZMK](https://zmk.dev/).
## Build guide
TODO
## Standing on the shoulders of giants
- A great tutorial I referenced a lot by FlatFootFox: https://flatfootfox.com/ergogen-introduction/
- Lots of inspiration and ideas for this project came from these boards: [Choccy](https://github.com/sprengboard/choccy), [Sofle](https://github.com/josefadamcik/SofleKeyboard), [brain](https://github.com/Wesztman/brain), [spleeb](https://github.com/chrishoage/spleeb)
## License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.