The Centauri80 by MelGeek Adds an OLED Touchscreen and Rotary Control
Amy Duong — May 5, 2026 — Art & Design
References: yankodesign
The Centauri80 by MelGeek is an 80 percent Hall Effect mechanical keyboard with a 1.78-inch OLED touchscreen built into the board. The display runs at 325 PPI and 60Hz, while a physical rotary encoder called the Super Dock lets users adjust live wallpapers, macros, lighting, and polling-rate settings without opening MelGeek’s Hive software. The keyboard uses TTC Flip King magnetic switches and a six-chip distributed architecture, with one master chip and five processing chips.
The board is carefully built by using a suspended aluminum alloy unibody and a five-layer gasket-mounted acoustic structure. It is designed to reduce vibration and shape the typing sound. Transparent keycaps are included as standard, allowing per-key RGB lighting to show through the caps. The Centauri80 retails for $299 through MelGeek’s store.
Image Credit: MelGeek
The board is carefully built by using a suspended aluminum alloy unibody and a five-layer gasket-mounted acoustic structure. It is designed to reduce vibration and shape the typing sound. Transparent keycaps are included as standard, allowing per-key RGB lighting to show through the caps. The Centauri80 retails for $299 through MelGeek’s store.
Image Credit: MelGeek
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