Svalboard

Svalboard Lightly

Name: Svalboard Lightly
Brand: Svalboard
Price: 1050.0 USD
Availability: InStock

$1,050.00 USD

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Configuration Dual Pointer ABS Single Pointer ABS No pointer ABS

Current build times typically about a week 🙏🏻

Svalboard Lightly is a Datahand keyboard for the modern era, with total anatomical customization and integrated Trackpoint and/or trackball mouse.

Add a Nanuk 910 Case for a killer travel package!

Type Lightly!

Customized anatomical fitment brings 50 keys just 1-2mm away from your fingertips and thumbs
20 gram-force magneto-optical keys with instant breakaway reduce effort and prevent overuse injuries by combining ultra-light forces with maximum tactility
Integrated pointing lets you stay 100% hands-down while still maintaining high productivity in any OS

Features

Legendary Datahand 20g magneto-optical key mechanisms
Infinitely adjustable fitment system for any hand
Stainless steel mechanisms for super smooth tuning
Live-programmable keymaps, combos, tap dance, etc with
Vial-QMK firmware - no re-flashing required
Chair-mount and clamp-on desk mount compatible
Magnetic USB-C cables included

Pointing Options

Trackball - single or dual
Touchpad - single or dual
Trackpoint - can combine with trackball or touchpad

Colors

Black ABS only at this time. PLA Palms available separately for thermoformability.

Custom colors may be available for add'l cost and build time. DM @_claussen on discord to discuss.

Adjustability

5 axis cluster position adjustment for each finger and thumb
Hand size adjustment via 3-axis moveable palmrest carrier
Optional thermoformable palmrests - contact us
DIY-friendly palmrest carrier to attach your own custom rests

Accommodates any hand size, including individual finger length discrepancies, with continuously adjustable positioning in X/Y/Z/Roll/Yaw.

Programmability

Use any layout you want, and customize on the fly with 100% free and open source software.

Shipping with QWERTY-ish, Colemak-ish and Dvorak-ish layouts by default, you may never need to touch it, but Svalboard is built with customization in mind, using the powerful open source QMK firmware project and the amazing Vial configuration tool.

Svalboard runs on the Raspberry Pi RP2040 MCU, with an abundant 8MB of program memory, for even the most complicated keyboard FW requirements.

- Live, powerful keymap customization with Vial

- QMK under the hood

- 100% Open Source Software - free as in speech, free as in beer

Modularity and Repairability

We are committed to repairability and the right to repair. If you break something, we'll help you get it fixed.

Every component can be swapped individually -- and if you break something, replacement parts are available.

Want to print your own keys? STLs/STEP files are available to customers, to print or modify for your personal use, and we stock the magnets you need. Need a replacement PCB? We've got those too.

Pinouts for all connectors and the full 0.1" header breakouts are available too, so you can expand and integrate anything else you like with the remaining free I/O pins.

Made in USA

Designed and built in Pacifica, CA, USA by a multi-decade Datahand user and professional consumer electronics developer.

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Beautiful piece of kit.

I have previously been using the Svalboard Alpha as my daily driver for work, and with one or two minor niggles and rough patches it is an impressive device. The Svalboard Lightly fixes all of those niggles and rough patches, and is a beautifully finished machine with buttery smooth action, and now with added pointing device goodness. :-) Absolutely amazing.

Perfect replacement for my DataHand Pro

I purchased the keyboard to replace my 30 year old DataHand Pro. This has proved to be a great keyboard with an awesome support network. I 100% approve of this keyboard and suggest everyone at least tries it for a few months.

Works nicely

It does what it advertises very well. The only question is whether my aging motor skills are up to it.

Great product, well made and well supported.

I'm typing with mine now. There is a bit of a learning curve, but it's not too bad (and actually, it's even somewhat fun to learn.)

Joyful is the word

I'm a long-year and satisfied user of a Dactyl Manuform, who originally switched to split keyboards and the Workman layout to relieve pain after intense work days. The pain is no more and I'm generally a happy typist.

However, once I discovered the Svalboard, I was totally hooked by the ingenuity of it and the ethos of how it came to be. Someone wanted that this device exists, relentlessly worked on it, made the dream a reality, and is sharing the outcome with others. This is so much relatable to me personally that I immediately longed to dwell in this work of love. So yeah, I lacked a good medical reason to make the purchase, but I had to.

Since I received the Svalboard two weeks ago, I'm spending my evenings with relearning to type, trying out many little adjustments, and getting comfortable with the incredible sensitivity of the switches. For now, I keep using the default layout. The rapid day-to-day improvements of accuracy (avoiding the accidental triggering of switches) and speed are quite surprising to me. After mere two weeks, I already notice getting into "typing flow" sometimes.

Regarding the device as a product, I find it absolutely fascinating that a dedicated individual is able to build a product of this level of quality and polish. The braided cables, magnetic connectors, the rigidity of the case and metal parts, the documentation, the serviceability. Everything about it speaks quality and substance and attention to detail. I'm grateful for the chance to literally lay my hands on this delicate "typing instrument".

Hats off! Wishing the creator all the best!

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