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NRF52840-DK EVAL Board for NRF52840 nRF52840 - Transceiver; 802.15.4 (Thread, Zigbee®), ANT, Bluetooth® 5.x (BLE) 2.4GHz Evaluation Board vs ATK x QK Hex80 HE Magnetic Gaming Keyboard, 80% TKL, CNC Aluminum, Hall-Effect Ti Switches, 8 kHz Polling, Rapid Trigger, RGB Backlight (Gery)

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NRF52840-DK EVAL Board for NRF52840 nRF52840 - Transceiver; 802.15.4 (Thread, Zigbee®), ANT, Bluetooth® 5.x (BLE) 2.4GHz Evaluation Board
#9 in Mechanical Keyboards

Nordic Semiconductor

NRF52840-DK EVAL Board for NRF52840 nRF52840 - Transceiver; 802.15.4 (Thread, Zigbee®), ANT, Bluetooth® 5.x (BLE) 2.4GHz Evaluation Board

$97.60

100/100Excellent
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use an NRF52840 Bluetooth with ZMK as the MCU.
ATK x QK Hex80 HE Magnetic Gaming Keyboard, 80% TKL, CNC Aluminum, Hall-Effect Ti Switches, 8 kHz Polling, Rapid Trigger, RGB Backlight (Gery)
#5 in Mechanical Keyboards

QwertyKeys

ATK x QK Hex80 HE Magnetic Gaming Keyboard, 80% TKL, CNC Aluminum, Hall-Effect Ti Switches, 8 kHz Polling, Rapid Trigger, RGB Backlight (Gery)

$239.98

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Pros

  • +Has a switch to easily disable the battery for wired use
Boards like QK for example at least have a switch to easily disable the battery if they wish to use it wired full time