Cepstrum - Choc Low-Profile 65%/65XT Split Staggered Keyboard Kit
Cepstrum - Choc Low-Profile 65%/65XT Split Staggered Keyboard Kit
Cepstrum - Choc Low-Profile 65%/65XT Split Staggered Keyboard Kit
Cepstrum - Choc Low-Profile 65%/65XT Split Staggered Keyboard Kit
Cepstrum - Choc Low-Profile 65%/65XT Split Staggered Keyboard Kit
Fully built Cepstrum keyboard with the left-hand macro section and black keycaps.
Left half of a Cepstrum with a macro section and black keycaps and right half of a Cepstrum with white keycaps. Each have a 3D printed translucent midlayer between the switch plate and the bottom plate.
Fully built Cepstrum keyboard with black keycaps and a black 3D printed middle layer.
Cepstrum keyboard shot from the side, showing how much thinner it is than an MX-style board.
Fully built Cepstrum keyboard with white keycaps. The two halves are sitting on top on one another.
Left half of a Cepstrum keyboard without the macro section.
Cepstrum - Choc Low-Profile 65%/65XT Split Staggered Keyboard Kit
Cepstrum - Choc Low-Profile 65%/65XT Split Staggered Keyboard Kit
Cepstrum - Choc Low-Profile 65%/65XT Split Staggered Keyboard Kit
Cepstrum - Choc Low-Profile 65%/65XT Split Staggered Keyboard Kit
Cepstrum - Choc Low-Profile 65%/65XT Split Staggered Keyboard Kit
Fully built Cepstrum keyboard with the left-hand macro section and black keycaps.
Left half of a Cepstrum with a macro section and black keycaps and right half of a Cepstrum with white keycaps. Each have a 3D printed translucent midlayer between the switch plate and the bottom plate.
Fully built Cepstrum keyboard with black keycaps and a black 3D printed middle layer.
Cepstrum keyboard shot from the side, showing how much thinner it is than an MX-style board.
Fully built Cepstrum keyboard with white keycaps. The two halves are sitting on top on one another.
Left half of a Cepstrum keyboard without the macro section.

Cepstrum - Choc Low-Profile 65%/65XT Split Staggered Keyboard Kit

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A 65%/65XT split staggered keyboard, with 2x5 macro section option for the left half. Just like the Quefrency, but this time, low-profile! This board features hotswap sockets for Choc Low-Profile switches and per-key RGB LEDs. Cepstrum is pronounced as KEP-strum.

Don't want to build this yourself? That's okay, we have a pre-built version available for you: Cepstrum Pre-Built Keyboard

    • Kailh Choc Low-Profile V1 switch support only
    • Kailh Choc hotswap sockets
    • Per-key RGB LEDs and underglow LEDs
    • USB-C ports for both connection to computer and in between halves
    • Key spacing: 17mm vertical, 18mm horizontal (MCC/MBK spacing)
    • Layout: Cepstrum KLE - Macro section on left half can optionally be broken off
    • Slim - height of under 19mm when including keycaps and silicone feet installed
    • Left and Right Half PCBs
    • Switch plates and bottom case plates made of 1.2mm Aluminum with Black anodization
    • 12 M2 6mm standoffs
    • 24 M2 4mm screws
    • 5 Choc Stabilizers
    • 8 Black SKUF Feet

    Cepstrum Build Guide

    This keyboard uses the popular open-source QMK Firmware with VIA enabled out of the box to allow you to remap all the keys just the way you want them.

    Plug your keyboard in, open up the VIA app, and easily change what each key does to get the most out of your keyboard with your customizations! More info on what you can do here: VIA Usage Guide

    Keycaps featured in photos are MCC Spectrum with MBK Convex POM Modifier Kit

    Clear and Black middle layers are shown in some of the photos.

    Want to print an enclosed case? Or your own middle layer? The files can be found here: 3D-printed case parts

    Customer Reviews

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    Tobias

    Super fast!

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    Dave Miller
    Love it

    This is my daily driver. Light, low, and a pleasure to type on.

    I encountered several 2u keys sticking down intermittently, but solved it by pushing the metal bar that is part of the stabilizer all the way forward into place as far as it could go. The sticking has gone away and stayed away for months now.

    The Via configuration software works great and is easy to use.

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    Rodolfo

    I like the look and feel! Software is great too

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    David Hill
    Close, but not quite

    Such a cool board, I really want to love it and make it my new coding daily driver, but there's problems.

    The split spacebars like to stick. Something about the low profile stabs is causing the space to hang up. I've tried smaller spacebars but still sticking. There's really only one way for everything to go together, so I'm pretty sure I've got it setup right.

    In the mean time I'm using 1.75u non-stabilized caps for the spacebars and they're "fine".