Lily58 Reborn

Remember this? Lily58L, I made a new one!

The first keyboard build was great and I still use it but I was looking for something more portable, with shorter key travel and with less height.

As a result this keyboard uses Kailh Choc v1 red and burnt orange switches. The keycaps are MBK with an overall beautiful black aesthetic.

Gallery of images of the Lily58L split keyboard during the build process.

I made only one error whilst building this keyboard, soldering the pins for the Nice!Nano V2 controllers upside down (rookie mistake). This required me to desolder and resolder the pins, a skill I have now improved.

My firmware of choice is still ZMK but I am working towards creating my own firmware in Rust, so watch this space -> RFMK Firmware - Rust for Mechanical Keyboard

Old vs New: Both Lily58L and Lily58 Pro (Choc) with mouse and trackpad on a large mouse mat

As of publishing this post, the OLED displays do not work and I have not taken the time to intricately investigate it. So far, I have been using it as I would the Lily58L with the added bonus of extra long battery life; the ZMK power profiler estimates 2 months+ which I have been unable to confirm just yet.

This build used the Lily58 Pro kit from Mechboards.co.uk, my No. 1 spot for keyboard parts with quick delivery and decent stock (Not sponsored).