NeoKey 5 x 6 review
By Marc de Vinck. Posted
This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
You know you want to add some high-quality, clickety-clack buttons, or silent ones, to your next project or computer. But you don’t know exactly how many, or what configuration. And that’s where the NeoKey 5 × 6 ($29.95) from Adafruit jumps right in.
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Sold as a single 5×6 PCB, you can easily snap in your MX-compatible switches and have a beautiful 30-key keyboard. But the genius of this PCB is the ability to snap each key apart. You can have one single key, a strip of six, a 2×2 grid, or really any combo of 30 keys. It’s perfect for your custom configuration. And each one has an RGB LED too! It’s a great solution for the DIYer who needs something custom.
Verdict: 9/10
Use as is, or break it apart!
Marc de Vinck is the founder of Unexpected Labs and creator dLUX-dLites
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