First was establishing the concept

The early mockup in Blender

First came the concept, what was needed and what did I want?

At the time of conception I had recently received my ZSA Moonlander, a highly capable and comfortable split keyboard so I had a reference that I personally enjoyed and used it as a foundation.

My Criteria was:

1. Each half MUST operate independently to support users needing only one half

2. The halves should tent to enhance ergonomics

3. The Function row must be included

4. There must be slots for modules to dock

5. The outer edges must support addon number pads or macro pads

So I set out to make something user-oriented, reasonably priced, and relatively simple in execution.