Hi all, I recently got into the world of ergo mech by borrowing a friend’s old Iris v2, and I really love how powerful and customizable things can be with QMK firmware.
Recently, my old n52te has started to show signs of age after a dozen or so years of abuse. If you’re not familiar, they look like this:
There’s definitely stuff that could be improved on–just being able to build your own firmware for it would be amazing. Having one or two more thumb buttons for layers would be sweet as well.
The community of ergo mech keyboard builders are doing some super cool things with 3d printed builds and all kinds of neat stuff. Since I’ve just been dipping my toes in, my question is: does anyone know of any good replacements for my n52te? Is this something anyone has tried tinkering around with?
Thanks!
I had a Belkin age n52te, and loved it. I now have a Razer Orbeaver, but the Razer software sucks, and they discontinued the Orbweaver in favor of the Tarterus. I haven’t used mine much since quitting WoW, so my Orbweaver has seen minimal use. That may change as I’ve been working on a sim pit. Definitely curious about the diy community, since I hate the Razer software so much.
Yeah, the Belkin is just solid; it’s definitely my longest-lived peripheral. I’ve never used anything by Razer; their stuff seems style over substance.
The DIY community here creates so much really cool stuff; I’m hoping someone else has already tackled this problem.