Moonlander Keyboard

Some very brief notes on my evolving keyboard setup.
Author

Nathan Craig

Published

December 8, 2022

Modified

March 21, 2024

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://ncraig.netlify.app/posts/2022-12-08-moonlander-keyboard/index.html},
  langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Craig, Nathan. 2022. “Moonlander Keyboard.” December 8, 2022. https://ncraig.netlify.app/posts/2022-12-08-moonlander-keyboard/index.html.