[GB] SP-111 Round 2 : Return of the King (of splits) - Ready to ship to vendors

[BlindAssassin111]

SP-111
Round 2

Whats new?

The wait is finally over for the return of the king of splits! Over the past few years I have spent time modifying the design, and modifying those design changes again and again until I finally got to the point I was happy. The new changes include:

  • Shorter board height.
  • Different feet that also reduce height even further.
  • Added a screw for the bezel below the F-row to help keep bowed plate/PCB assemblies sitting flat/flush.
  • Small updates all over the board (like radii, thickness and spacing) to improve upon the round 1 board.
  • MCU's on both left and right PCBs.
  • RGB Indicators with polycarbonate light pipe.

  • Important note: Plates and PCBs from round 1 WILL NOT work in the round 2 case. Plates from round 2 will work in round 1 cases without issue. PCBs from round 2 have the RGB LED indicators, so they can work in round 1 with custom light pipes or if you don't use the indicator lights at all by disabling in firmware (can use them with the indicators but the light bleed might be an issue you don't want to deal with).



What does the name mean?

The name has a lot of meanings that you may not even realize.
  • SP: Split, Southpaw, Special. 3 meanings tied to the 3 ones in the name.
  • 111: The numbers from my username. Original meaning for the numbers in my username is my b-day, November 1st, so I had to incorporate it somehow.
  • 111: There is a layout that has exactly 111 switches to tie it all together again.



Why is this board laid out like it is?

  • Southpaw to allow you to use the numpad and mouse at the same time (helpful for CAD and other data entry)
  • Split to allow placement in a comfortable manner for long sessions of data entry or work in general.
  • Right side layout to maintain the functionality of a full size in a much more compact manner. Hence the 1800 style arrows and vertical nav.



What mounting style is it?

  • Sandwich mount, with the plate visible around the edges and locating tabs for alignment on top and bottom. (meaning even without screws, the top, plate, and bottom all locate onto each other and help with alignment)



What are the specs?

  • Board has a typing angle of 7 degrees (no tenting ability built into the case)
  • Left side weights 1.27 Kg (2.80 lb) and the right side weights 1.11 Kg (2.45 lb). This is without pcbs, switches or caps, and there are no weights, just case and plate.
  • Board interconnect is Type-C.
  • Board connects to the PC via Type-C as well.
  • RGB LED indicators on the left half.
  • 32u4 MCU on both left and right PCBs, left always being the master side.
  • 1.6mm Solder PCB only (hotswap has interference issues that would prevent the option)



Layouts:




  • Mirrored Numpad 2U, and ISO enter/shift are available on the PCB only.

  • And as a side note, you can mix and match the bottom row options, they don't have to be both the same spacebar size, each side layout is independent of each other and the included plate supports 3U, 2.75U, and 2.25U options on both halves. So if you feel like a 2.25u and 3u you can go for it!



Vendors:

  • US: Space Cables
  • Canada: Ashkeebs
  • OCE: SwitchKeys
  • Europe: mykeyboard.eu
  • UK: proto[Typist]
  • SEA: ilumkb
  • Asia: zFrontier



Timeline:

  • Start: February 3rd @ Noon CST
  • End: March 3rd @ Midnight CST

  • Note: Proxy local times may be different.

  • Shipping estimate of Q3 2023



Pricing:

  • Board: $460
      • MOQ: 100

  • Note: Proxy pricing may vary.



What is included?

  • Board halves
  • Polycarbonate light pipe
  • Black anodized aluminum plates
  • Black PCBs
  • Short type-c to type-c interconnect cable
  • Carrying Case
  • Hardware and feet



Build Stream:

  • Alexotos will be doing a build stream of the lavender prototype on February 3rd.



Prototype:






Renders:

  • Wine:


  • Lavender:


  • Sea Blue:


  • Gray:

More

Full album: https://imgur.com/a/IRQJjtZ

  • Feet and side profile

More

Special Thanks:

  • OneCreativeMind for helping me come up with this board in the beginning and the logo for the board.
  • Marco for the amazing renders.
  • Ragan aka Space Cables for helping prototype and run the buy.
  • keebnewb for making the firmware.

[HoffmanMyster]

Approved

[BlindAssassin111]

GB is LIVE:


Vendors:

  • US: Space Cables
  • Canada: Ashkeebs
  • OCE: SwitchKeys
  • Europe: mykeyboard.eu
  • UK: proto[Typist]
  • SEA: ilumkb
  • Asia: zFrontier

[rjo21]

Missed this the first time, just ordered two.  Pumped.

[typischt]

Is this limited?
Mykeyboard doesn‘t seem to have them online yet.


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[BlindAssassin111]

Is this limited?
Mykeyboard doesn‘t seem to have them online yet.


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Not limited, but proxies might have slightly different start times so check back later and hopefully it will be up soonTM.

[iamtragic]

Hell yeah, in for an extra carrying case + lavender love ya work.

[kiwoli]

While waiting for the local vendor to go live, one question:

  • Mirrored Numpad 2U, and ISO enter/shift are available on the PCB only.

If I'm understanding correctly, this means the supplied plate won't work if I want to use these options on the PCB, if so will a file be provided so I can get it made locally?

[BlindAssassin111]

While waiting for the local vendor to go live, one question:

  • Mirrored Numpad 2U, and ISO enter/shift are available on the PCB only.

If I'm understanding correctly, this means the supplied plate won't work if I want to use these options on the PCB, if so will a file be provided so I can get it made locally?

Correct, The included plates do not support that but a file that does will be provided for the alternate layouts.

[BlindAssassin111]

MOQ Update:

So far with just 3 of the 7 vendors having reported sales for the start, we already hit 50% of MOQ on just day 2!!!

Checkout your local vendor to join the GB!

Vendors:

  • US: Space Cables
  • Canada: Ashkeebs
  • OCE: SwitchKeys
  • Europe: mykeyboard.eu
  • UK: proto[Typist]
  • SEA: ilumkb
  • Asia: zFrontier

[BlindAssassin111]

Final week:

The board will be made!!!

GB closes March 3rd at midnight so don't miss your chance and order before it closes.

Checkout your local vendor to join the GB.

Vendors:

  • US: Space Cables
  • Canada: Ashkeebs
  • OCE: SwitchKeys
  • Europe: mykeyboard.eu
  • UK: proto[Typist]
  • SEA: ilumkb
  • Asia: zFrontier

[BlindAssassin111]

Final day:

GB ends at midnight so don't miss your chance and order before it closes.

Checkout your local vendor to join the GB.

Vendors:

  • US: Space Cables
  • Canada: Ashkeebs
  • OCE: SwitchKeys
  • Europe: mykeyboard.eu
  • UK: proto[Typist]
  • SEA: ilumkb
  • Asia: zFrontier

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Thanks for running again with new colors!

[Ghostz113]

Has the group buy period been extended?

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Wouldnt be the first time that a GB didn't close on some date and time because it was over a weekend and the vendor just let it go till they got back to work. Whatever the reason, space cables still seems to be open if you're interested.

Speaking of interest: anyone in the USA like their R1 brass plates and wants to order some with me once we get the R2 file?

[gills]

Do we think they'll be able to match that deep blue color accurately in the anodization? I'd be curious to see color prototypes as they come through. Thanks for running this very kickass board R2 style.

[BlindAssassin111]

Do we think they'll be able to match that deep blue color accurately in the anodization? I'd be curious to see color prototypes as they come through. Thanks for running this very kickass board R2 style.

Renders are based on ano samples, so yes I am confident they will match the colors.

[gills]

Renders are based on ano samples, so yes I am confident they will match the colors.

stoked :~)

[typischt]

Are there any updates on this?

[BlindAssassin111]

Are there any updates on this?

Boards are ready to ship to vendors, but china has a holiday week at the moment so they will be shipping after they get back.

[nathanchere]

If anyone finds themselves having buyer's remorse on this when it arrives and is open to sell or trade for other boards within EU please let me know. I never ended up getting the Hex6C I ordered which has left a southpaw-sized hole in my heart.

[nathanchere]

Were there any extras for this? Even if not the case, I'd be happy just to get hold of a PCB and plate.

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Space cablesyou can preorder

This hasn’t shipped to individuals yet.

[TimeRelapse]

Received my unit, hoping to build soon! Will plate files be released for R2 or should I just go off R1 plates from your github repo if I wanted to go about getting my own cut? Have some interesting thoughts about modifying it.

[BlindAssassin111]

Received my unit, hoping to build soon! Will plate files be released for R2 or should I just go off R1 plates from your github repo if I wanted to go about getting my own cut? Have some interesting thoughts about modifying it.

I already released the R2 files back in March 2023. They can be found here: https://github.com/blindassassin111/SP-111_R2_Plate_Files