Keyball61
Keyball61
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Keyball is a family of keyboards that feature a 34mm thumb trackball with the widely used PMW3360 sensor. In partnership with Yowkees of Shirogane Lab, the creator of this wonderful integrated trackball design, we're happy to bring Keyball to a wider audience.
The trackball sits in an injected molded housing with 3 ceramic bearings. The ball slides snuggly into the housing and moves smoothly in all directions thanks to the bearings.
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Keyball61 is the 60% version in the Keyball lineup with 61 keys.
The base price comes in kit form and includes:
- 2 x Keyball61 black PCBs + top plates
- SMD diodes, reset switches, TRRS jacks, low profile controller sockets and headers
- MX + choc hotswap sockets
- trackball kit which includes the PMW3360 sensor
- 34mm trackball holder
To complete the build, you'll need:
- 2 x microcontrollers
- 61 switches + keycaps
- 34mm trackball
Use the build service to get a keyboard with all the electronic components soldered (assembly still required), or a fully built, assembled and tested keyboard.
A printed case is available in a separate listing.
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Please read our Buyer's Guide to help navigate through the various options.
Customer Reviews
Very satisfied with the keyboard! It was shipped promptly, and with the build service, it was ready to go right out of the box.
Easily the best place to get a Keyball outside of Japan.
I'm in love with the Keyball. Been using it as my complete keyboard and mouse replacement and I can't imagine going back now.
I got the build service by Idan aswell, and everything came out great. Idan has also been great as support post sale, whenever I have any questions or issues.
Happy with my purchase!
It's very nice quality. I am very satisfied with it. I recommend you
I got my keyball61 back in June and have been using it exclusively since then. I ordered the soldered (not assembled) kit and it was very easy to put together. This keyboard is absolutely amazing. I work in digital transformation and the systems I use require a lot of back and forth mousing and typing - even for small revisions. I tried using QMK mouse movements on my last keyboard but never became fully comfortable with that setup. It took some adjustment and figuring out how best to configure the mouse buttons but the trackball on the keyball has completely eliminated my need to reach for the mouse when doing these back and forth movements. I absolutely love this thing and am already looking into getting the keyball39 for a smaller package.
Aside from the keyboard itself, the holykeebs Discord is very active and Idan is always available to lend a hand. This level of support is just something you don't get with larger companies.
I purchased the Keyball61 kit, along with the LEDs, OLEDs, plates, the whole shebang. Everything came packaged very well! I also ordered some switches, which we're unfortunately left out but a refund was issued promptly and it didn't interfere with the build. Overall the build experience was very straightforward, the PCB provided has clearly labeled silkscreen making everything pretty easy. Overall I would definitely build it again, and I fully plan on picking up some of the other Keyball models in the future!
