Introduction¶

Overview¶

The Austin keyboard was designed to have all functionalities of a full-sized keyboard with reduced width. It was a joint project between me, driftingbunnies of DriftingMechanics and PheonixStarr from Nightingale studios.

Click here for the Interest Check page and here for the Group Buy page. Mind you that the Group Buy is over, as all 40 units available were sold and there are no further plans as of yet to make a second one.

Supported Layouts¶

Click this link for the KLE file for Austin.

https://github.com/Gondolindrim/Austin/raw/master/graphics/austinKLE.png

Renders¶

Click at the images to zoom in.

Renders generated by the tracespace.io site.

https://github.com/Gondolindrim/Austin/raw/master/graphics/topRender.png

https://github.com/Gondolindrim/Austin/raw/master/graphics/bottomRender.png

Features¶

The Austin is a pretty straightforward keyboard, offering little options when it comes to layout.

Here’s a list of the board’s features:

ARM Cortex M0-based STM32F072 processor;
QMK firmware compatible;
USBC type connector;
Supports stepped Caps Lock, split Backspace, split numpad 0, split + key, 7U bottom row and ISO layout;
Hardware reset through a push button and reset network;
Overcurrent and overvoltage input protection through a fuse and schottky diode;
Electrical Static Discharge (ESD) protection through a specialized chip.