Bare Iris PCB plugged in with a rainbow gradient across the per-key LEDs.

Bare Iris PCB underside with all onboard components, including hotswap sockets and microcontroller.

Iris Rev. 8 Hotswap PCBs

Name: Iris Rev. 8 Hotswap PCBs
Brand: Keebio
SKU: HRP
Price: 89.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (24 reviews)

$89.99

Color Purple

90-Day Return Policy

2-Year Warranty

Description Description

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: Iris SE

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.

Features Features

On-board RP2040 controller
Switch support: MX-compatible only
USB-C port
MX Hotswap sockets pre-installed
6 RGB underglow LEDs per half (12 total)
Per-key RGB LEDs
Option for rotary encoders at upper thumb key and outer top corners on each half
Pre-flashed with QMK Firmware and VIA configurator support

Contents Contents

Left half PCB
Right half PCB

Build Guide Build Guide

Iris hotswap build guide

Firmware & Remapping Keys Firmware & Remapping Keys

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

Other Parts Needed Other Parts Needed

Iris Case (see Case Options section below)
USB-C to USB-C Cable to connect both halves together
54-56 Switches (MX only)
Keycaps
USB-C Cable to connect to computer
Rotary Encoder and knobs (optional)

Case Options Case Options

Standard (Iris SE)

Aluminum, tray-mount case with silicone dampeners

Additional Info Additional Info

The rotary encoder pins are not hotswapped, so encoders need to be soldered in if installing them.

great keyboards

I've purchased probably half of keebios keyboards and they are always a pleasure to build! great quality and customer service.

Hi Keenan! I'm thrilled to hear you enjoy building our keyboards. Thanks for your support and kind words about our quality and service. I'm excited to hear about your next build!
Happy typing,
Kayla at Keebio

Great Keyboard

Enjoyed working on this build. Only purchased the PCB with no switches, plate or case. Used files found in the github repo to print a case. First printed the Phoenix case. Came out good, but I was not paying attention when glueing on the components so the rise things were miss aligned and angered my OCD gods when each half was not the same height. Then I also realized the PCB had underglow LEDs as well so I utilized files in the github repo to print myself a case in transparent PLA. Came out nice. One of these days I will master QMK enough to get fancy enough to do custom colors on each of the keys versus the defau† animations. VIA worked out of the gate, but I like the option of using custom macros so I compiled my own firmware via QMK.

Hi SomeZ! Happy to hear you've been making great use of our 3D print files! QMK offers a lot of flexibility, glad you've discovered fun ways to take customization even farther.
Happy typing,
Kayla at Keebio

Bought two!

I love these keyboards. I've had my first rev 8 for over a year now, and it has worked beautifully. I would 100% recommend it, the folks at Keebio are amazing to work with. Fantastic product!

Hi PDempsey,
Thank you for your glowing review! I'm happy to hear you loved your split keyboard so much you got it a friend! Nothing beats having two of a good thing.
Happy typing,
Kayla at Keebio!

Awesome keyboard!

This is my first split ergo and the first keyboard I've assembled. Thank goodness for hotswap sockets, right? The packaging was nice and snug and the case feels like it would do a great job protecting the boards.

Everything works perfectly and it feels very solid. I will absolutely consider another board from Keebio if I feel like moving on from my Iris.

Thanks for your kind review, Kyle!
Hotswaps certainly make assembling a split keyboard much faster and easier. Glad you received everything safely and it's all working well!
Happy Typing,
Kayla at Keebio!

Really excellent

I bought this as my first split keyboard, and the experience has been great so far. The assembly process was quite enjoyable, and all the parts feel high-quality and dense.

It's worth noting that the acrylic middle layer pieces I received were quite loosely fitting out of the box, and caused some rattle in the typing sound. I see no need to deduct any points for this, however, since it was easily fixed by the addition of small drops of glue between the acrylic pieces and aluminum base plates.

After this modification, the typing sound and feel are really wonderful, at least with the Gateron Pro Yellows I used. It's very deep and creamy.

Creating and flashing my own layout with the board was extremely simple with the use of the online qmk configurator, and quite fun as well.

The package arrived on time, and undamaged.

Overall, I'm quite happy with my experience. This is a very high quality product.

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