{"product_id":"snipeye-uno-v4","title":"Snipeye Uno V4","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Snipeye:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur keyboard scientists have spent too many years concerned with whether or not they should create various abominations that they never thought to ask if they could - well, no longer! Rest assured that, according to our best research, we absolutely should not have made this, but we can and therefore did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the Uno, I free you all from the tyrannical shackles of even moderate usability! Join with me in one-upping even the snobbiest of stenography-chording keyboard minimalists by reducing the keyboard far beyond any degree of practicality!\u003cbr\u003eDeath to ergonomics! Defy the convention of usefulness! Embrace madness and eschew the bourgeois sophistication of aesthetic desirability - no copper weights, no custom plates, not so much as a case!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI invite you to adopt a “keyboard” so monumentally stupid it appeals exclusively to those so disgustingly engrossed in the hobby that all executive function has been replaced with psychopathically-strong opinions regarding clickity-clack noises; people who believe that “thocc” or “endgame” are anything other than unhinged advertising by maddeningly-profiteering snake oil salesmen, thinly veiled as qualities both hypothetically achievable and also worth pursuing. Not only does Uno appeal to such smooth-brained masses, but is indeed designed specifically for them: the only remedy to such madness is adopting a greater madness still - and so Uno is an easy pill to swallow. It requires no soldering, no cables, no compiling firmware, no will to live: if you can play with legos and use a flash drive, you can use Uno.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter reducing the keyboard to the most simplistic and nearly-useless form possible - just a single key - we cast our eyes across the carnage strewn about our workstation and, like God creating the platypus, began to pile things back on: some which belonged, like the rotary encoder, and some (like the venomous spurs on the back legs of male platypi) should never have been: Uno v4 introduces an infrared (IR) demodulator so you can point a remote control at your computer and make it do things - just like the deranged lunatic in you has always secretly lusted after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnough prose, what are the pros (and cons)?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePros:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne Button\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eButton can be replaced with Rotary Encoder\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne RGB LED\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRuns KMK, easy to reprogram\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePortability allows you to introduce strangers to the hobby\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Soldering Required (unless you want the rotary encoder, that requires some soldering)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIR Demodulator so you can interface with most remotes\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan Hang on a Keychain\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBased on the RP2040 chip, very fast and capable\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComes in USB-A and USB-C variants\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnly $15.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCons:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnly One Button\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnly has a footprint for One Rotary Encoder\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnly One RGB LED\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpending Time Programming Keyboards is not psychologically healthy\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWill confirm to your friends or strangers that you are way too into this hobby\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssembly without soldering with not let you inhale the sweet, sweet smell of molten lead\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eControlling your computer with a remote control will not fill that void in your life\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf you hang this on a keychain you will be unable to make friends\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou're not a \"True Hacker\" (tm) unless you do it with a 555\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoes not come in USB-B Variant\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCould instead purchase several cheeseburgers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eResources:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGithub Repository: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Snipeye\/Uno_IR_KMK\/tree\/main\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLink\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssembly and Programming Video: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y-zUFUltUv4\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLink\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Snipeye","offers":[{"title":"USB-A","offer_id":41308229402689,"sku":"DK002351","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"USB-C","offer_id":41308253487169,"sku":"DK002352","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/3649\/0561\/files\/snipeye-uno-v4-374614.webp?v=1715876426","url":"https:\/\/divinikey.mom\/products\/snipeye-uno-v4","provider":"Divinikey","version":"1.0","type":"link"}