Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

---

I got the chance to sit down and talk with Gondo, designer of many of the keyboard PCB’s on the market right now, and talk about the design lifecycle of a PCB and the Joker microcontroller architecture.

Gondo on Twitch: twitch.tv/gondolindrim_

Gondo’s Contact Form: geekhack.org/index.php?topic=104065.0

Joker Architecture: acheronproject.com/joker_mcus/joker

Unified Daughter Board: github.com/ai03-2725/Unified-Daughterboard

Chapters:

Intro & Getting in to Keyboards: 00:00:00
Gondo’s Work & Community Knowledge: 00:12:55
What’s Changed Since Gondo Started: 00:29:02
Joker, MCU’s, Firmware, & Chip Shortages: 00:37:44
Wrap-Up & Final Thoughts: 01:09:06

Music from Epidemic Sound