Iris Rev. 8 Keyboard - Hotswap PCBs for Split Ergonomic Keyboard
The 8th revision of the popular Iris keyboard, a split ergonomic keyboard with 4x6 vertically staggered keys and up to 4 thumb keys. Reprogrammable to any keymap layout you'd like with QMK/VIA!
Don't want to build this keyboard yourself? No problem, check out the fully-built version: Pre-built Iris Keyboard
Layout
Each half of the board is a 4x6 matrix with the same vertical stagger as the Ergodox and with 2-4 thumb keys. Alternatively, a rotary encoder can be placed at the upper thumb key of each half.
Many thanks to Lewis Ridden (/u/GAMING_FACE) for coming up with this design.
Love this thing, this is the 8th iteration and I have been using for 3 of them and upgrading regularly.
Switching fully to USB c is so appreciated, even the connection between the plates it is perfect
This is my first experience with a split/ergo keyboard of any kind and I couldn't have chose a better board - I purchased two, one was a birthday gift for a friend and the other for myself. It has been nearly 1 month since the boards arrived and my friend and I have both got rid of our old boards and strictly prefer the iris at this point. One comment i would like to make is one of the boards had an RGB node that was faulty causing some weird RGB issues, I reached out to customer service about the issue and they had a new board in the mail within the hour with a return label included. the customer service and the product itself both get a 10/10 in my books.
My only issue was one of the 10k resistor leads was not on its pad (luckily I had flux/solder wick but just check for anything and they will probably send you a fixed PCB). The last time I was in the market for a new keeb things were a lot different; there were a dearth of good mx style clickies (blue is not good). My daily driver became a Viterbi rev. 1 with Matias clicks. Now with hot swap sockets, I can try all the awesome new clickies on the market🥹
Had no issues with lighting, or response to key switches.
Could not ask for a better first-build experience. Everything fit together perfectly, switches lined up between the plate and PCB without effort, and the completed build feels solid. Add that the reduction in hand strain not to mention incredible style and I couldn't ask for a better board. The hot swaps make it easy to play with different switches and I didn't have to stress over soldering.
