Serpens Autumn Split 75% Group Buy Offers Wireless, Hot-Swap Gasket Mount

The split 75% form factor has never been the most crowded corner of the hobby, which is part of what makes PandaKB's Serpens Autumn group buy worth a closer look. The board, also listed as the Serpens & Autumn 75%, landed on PandaKB's shop page on March 14, combining a gasket mount with 2.4GHz wireless in a 78-key layout that doesn't ask you to sacrifice flexibility for the privilege of going wireless.

That 78-key count puts it squarely in split 75% territory, a layout that gives you function row access and arrow keys without committing to a full-size or tenkeyless footprint. The gasket mount is the structural centerpiece here, isolating the PCB and plate assembly from the case walls to produce that softer, bouncier typing feel the community has spent years chasing. Pairing that with wireless is less common than it sounds: gasket builds tend to be heavier affairs, so running them on battery power requires some deliberate engineering around weight and battery life.

PandaKB's answer on the accessibility front includes hot-swap PCBs, which means you can pull and replace switches without touching a soldering iron, and VIA/Vial support for remapping every key through a GUI without flashing new firmware. For a split board targeting newer builders or anyone who wants to experiment with different switch feels across the two halves, that combination lowers the barrier considerably.

The 2.4GHz wireless implementation, rather than Bluetooth, suggests a priority on low-latency connection, a trade-off that matters to typists who notice input lag even in non-gaming contexts. Battery power rounds out the cordless experience, keeping the desk clean of cables on both halves.

With the group buy now live through PandaKB, the Serpens Autumn is positioning itself as one of the more fully-featured wireless split 75% options currently in the market, a category that remains genuinely underserved.