ZSA Technology Labs, Inc. is the corporate behind the Ergodox EZ keyboard that we had taken a take a look at in nice element, and appreciated so much. It was a retail tackle the open supply Ergodox keyboard idea which, till then, was out there as a package or pre-assembled by artisans in low numbers, and was not a mass-market product. One might argue the Ergodox EZ continues to be not a mainstream keyboard, but it surely actually made issues way more accessible by way of choices to select from for a pre-assembled keyboard, in addition to a robust, GUI-based configurator for these wanting simpler firmware entry and management.
In that very same vein, the mother or father firm has now launched the Planck EZ which, because the identify suggests, is predicated on the 47-key Planck keyboard design. Designed at the side of Jack Humbert, the creator of the Planck, the Planck EZ goals to be a easy, full, transportable, mechanical keyboard constructed with layers and ergonomics in thoughts. The Planck EZ goes a bit additional with including in not solely a number of change choices, but additionally backlighting and a buzzer that will also be managed to play 8-bit tunes from the keyboard- undoubtedly a primary in my books! The Planck EZ is up for pre-order now starting at $180, with an estimated transport date in June 2019.
