Bruce the Keyboard the PCB

For a row stagger variant, see Bruce’s brother, Brian (also not a human) at CBKBD!

For an angled unibody split variant, see Bruce le Clavier!

Nota bene: Bruce the Keyboard the PCB is in fact, a PCB and not a human.

Changelog:

• v1: supports tray mount only
• v2: supports tray and plate mount. Updated silkscreen.
• v3: supports tray and plate mount. Updated silkscreen. Added rotated switch positions at all positions, so caps can be mounted "the correct direction" for vertical caps. New black soldermask.

This is a premium keyboard PCB that is based on STM32F072 MCU, with Vial firmware preflashed on it. To complete a Bruce the Keyboard build, you will need:

• 34 MX style switches and some way to solder them in
• (optional) 2x 2u PCB mount stabilizers
• (optional) a case
• (optional) a plate
• (optional) case and/or plate hardware
• 34 keycaps (the sizes needed for an original Bruce the Keyboard build are listed below)
• 1u: 18
• 1.25u: 6
• 1.5u: 4
• 1.75u: 4
• 2u: 2

The completed build is by Chronomap, using a V1 PCB and Black Doys for caps in a Not the Human case. Note that this listing is for the PCB only.

For cases, the following open-source options have been published: (This is not an endorsement of any of these cases. Use the linked repositories at your own risk.)

• Birthday Suit by jlw: PCB alone with bumpons or standoffs
• Conjoined Bruces by wildo: PCB attached with standoffs and screws to a second PCB acting as a bottom plate
• Casegen case from whydobearsxplod's casegen
• Debossed "Bruce the Keyboard" case by whydobearsxplod
• Hex case by whydobearsxplod
• "Not the Human" case by Chronomap: Github
• MFR2-styled case by Seirin-Blu
• Boxy Bruce by Seirin-Blu: Github
• Bruce the Menhir by Seirin-Blu: Github
• Tofu-styled case by Swear Wolf
• Hull-styled case by CyberJedi: Github
• Chonky Bruce by CyberJedi: Github
• Bent steel case by flyingika
• stripesGS by grezeh: Github
• Humane by Jake of P3D store: Notion
• Travel case by Octonite

The completed build is by Chronomap, using a V1 PCB and Black Doys for caps in a Not the Human case. Note that this listing is for the PCB only.

For more information and resources regarding Bruce the Keyboard and friends, check out the official Github repo!