I’ve bought Pine64 products before (pinephone and recently the pinetime) but I’ve heard Zach Freedman (void star labs) mention this before and rave about it. I wanted to hear from the ergo community what they thought about it before I bought one to start my keyboard building journey.
In addition, if I should buy one, what tips do you recommend be purchased? It looks like I can buy long/short versions of fine/gross tips. What’s best for keyboard building? Here’s a link to their pinecil products.
Is this just a rebranding of the TS-100? Looks exactly the same. I’ve been using a TS-100 for years and it’s amazing for keyboards. Not sure what tip I have.
No, it is a separate thing but heavily inspired by the ts100 and uses the same tips. More like an open-source clone rather than a “rebrand”.
Pinecil has a few more features, can handle more wattage, and costs a lot less but they are similar in many regards