Tenting Hardware Options

Tenting can make things much more ergonomic by stressing the wrists less. You can do that with a book, some wood, or with a tenting puck and more sophisticated camera mounting components. SplitKB created the keyboard tenting puck that Hillside is designed for. Yet choc switch bodies are closer than the MX keys the puck was likely meant for. So some screws with narrower heads may help. I'm testing narrow head screws from McMasterCarr. UPDATE

Part	Type	Count	US Shops	Cost
Tenting Puck	SplitKB	2	SplitKB	$35
Tenting screws	M2	8	McMasterCarr

For throwing in a bag, a small tripod option is:

Part	Type	Count	US Shops	Cost
Camera micro-tripod	Manfrotto Pocket Tripod 1/4"	2	various photo shops, SplitKB	$60

To tent higher or for a desk, an option is a photography magic arm and cheese plate as base:

Part	Type	Count	US Shops	Cost
Magic arm	such as SmallRig 2163	2	Amazon	$13
Cheese plate	such as SmallRig 1681	2	Amazon	$50

Case

For the Hillside 48, there is a tray case created by chewiedies with flat, legged and tented battery compartment options.

Encoders

Alps EC11 or EC12 encoders fit the footprints and are available with matching knobs at various keyboard stores. Some have an extra plastic stub on the bottom that would go through the board. If you get one with the extra stub, just cut it off with snips as I did not add a hole for it.

Haptic Feedback

If you'd like tactile feedback of keypresses or modes, you can mount a haptic board above the MCU.

Part	Type	Count	US Shops	Cost
Pimoroni Haptic Buzzz	PIM452	1	Digi-Key	$15
I2C Resistors	0805 roughly 4.7 kOhm 5% 1/8W to 1/4W	2	Digi-Key, LCSC	$1
Hex Standoff	M2.5 .45 x 6mm Metal Female Female Threaded	1	Digi-Key	$1
Machine Screw	M2.5 .45 x 4mm	2	Digi-Key	$1

I used a spacer that is 5.0mm in diameter, 732-12827-ND. But wider clearance from the MCU pins is good, so the spacer listed above is 4.5mm in diameter. The 6mm vertical clearance between boards worked well with a socketed MCU, but it is possible that a 5mm clearance could also. UPDATE

Trackball

The Hillside 48 has mount holes around the upper thumb key for an optional Pimoroni trackball, though I have not tried it. It is a very coarse resolution trackball. You would need to hand wire it to the I2C header that was laid out for the haptic feedback.