Moonlander Keyboard

Some very brief notes on my evolving keyboard setup.

Author

Nathan Craig

Published

December 8, 2022

After several decades of computer work, often in not-so ergonomic settings (Figure 1), my hands and wrists are quite sensitive to carpel tunnel. Thus, I became very interested in the ZSA Moonlander keyboard. I was able to obtain one and have been working with it for probably a year now, and made some customizations like additional legs to get a better tenting angle (Figure 2). My keyboard layout has gone through several iterations, but I’m finally gravitating toward a layout that works well for my purposes. The keyboard currently features four primary layers: QWERTY keys, navigation keys to minimize mouse use, RStudio layer for common tasks, and a number pad.

Figure 1: Salon de computación in Ilave Peru, 1999.

Figure 2: Moonlander keyboard, using the second layer’s mouse controls to capture the iamge. Note additional custom printed legs.

Citation

BibTeX citation:

@online{craig2022,
  author = {Craig, Nathan},
  title = {Moonlander {Keyboard}},
  date = {2022-12-08},
  url = {https://nmc.quarto.pub/nmc/posts/2022-12-08-moonlander-keyboard.html},
  langid = {en}
}

For attribution, please cite this work as:

Craig, Nathan. 2022. “Moonlander Keyboard.” December 8, 2022. https://nmc.quarto.pub/nmc/posts/2022-12-08-moonlander-keyboard.html.