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louckousse:



Picture credit: Bagri


Hi everyone, we're Flatbrains! from France!

Our duo consists of Plaketdebeur, who mainly handles case design, and me, on the electronic side of things.

Up until now, we've kept a low profile by running mostly fnf runs and a bunch of prototypes. That said, you may have seen some of our boards around, such as the PlaketVNR, the Plaket60, or even the Samara.

We're glad to announce that the PlaketXL GB is now live until December 5th!




The idea

An old-school-looking 60% with a double F-row and a pen-holder


Picture credit: Tomish

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More pictures of the first prototype (color not available in the GB)
















History

The design process started almost 2 years ago when Plaketdebeur, who's passionate about OG boards, wanted something reminiscing of the 80s era and some of its iconic boards such as the Cherry G80-2100.

After several iterations on the design, a first prototype was ordered. It got displayed at some meetups as well as on streams, and received solid comments and feedback.

Eventually, Delta Key Co. reached out to us about running this as a GB. We took the opportunity to run another round of prototypes with another manufacturer, and implemented some changes based on the previously collected feedback about the first prototype.


PlaketXL's top secret R&D




Specifications

● Alpha angle:   6°● F-Row angle:   17°● Alpha mount:   O-ring● F-row mount:   Top-mount● EKH:   23.8mm● Front height: 19.5mm● PCBs:   Solder or hotswap PCBs (same compatibility) (1.6mm) with C3 spec DB● Weights:   Clear-coated dual internal brass weights● Weight:   3kg built (6.6lb)










Options


Colorways  ● Beige and red with red plate (Vintage Red)  ● Silver and blue with blue plate (Modern Blue)  ● Black/silver/black with red plate (Classic black)Layouts  ● WK  ● WKL  ● HHKBPlates  ● Alu with flex cuts  ● PC without flex cutsExtras  ● Top piece in beige, silver or black in every layout  ● Bottom accent piece in red, blue or black  ● Silver aluminium plate with flex cuts  ● Clear frosted PC plate without flex cuts  ● Solder or hotswap PCBs




Renders by kustom3 with druz's assistance

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Vendors
Starting at US$415
The GB run from November 5th to December 5th.

🇪🇺 Europe 🇪🇺🇫🇷 Delta Key Co. (lead vendor)🇬🇧 proto[Typist]🌎 Rest of the World 🌏         🇺🇸 Click Clack🇦🇺 Keebz N Cables🇸🇬 ktechs🇰🇷 Swagkeys


Prototypes builds and sound tests

Prototype build by Taeha Types

MoreSecond prototype - Popus and dark vBlues on alu

First prototype - vBlacks on alu - credit: Zyrophr




Links
● Flatbrains!'s discord● Notion● Instagram

louckousse:
Embrace tradition, reserve the first post

# 2024-09-24: adding vendors and GB date (start november 5th)
# 2024-11-06: Update first post with GB infos, including new extras, plate modification and hotswap PCBs

Manukbs_:
Let's ****ing go

SilfurSol:
VIVE LA FRANCE

Lhiebig:
Very nice to see this amazing design and keyboard going for a global sell.
GLHF even if I know that with such a design, their is no luck involved, just talent.
Love you guys!

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