Invictus by fropsie
IC Form (https://forms.gle/YSdSg1nsHphXRRup6)
Renders
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Prototype pictures
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Sound test (https://soundcloud.com/fropsie/invictus-prototype-typing-test)
Details
- Quantity - 45 Aluminum - 10 Polycarbonate
- Mounting - Leaf-spring gasket
- Typing angle - 8 degrees
- Front height - 18mm
- PCB - Thin (1mm) h60 from hineybush
- Sale method - Raffle - Date & times are TBD
- Pricing - TBD
Prospective colors(Vote for which options you want on the IC Form (https://forms.gle/YSdSg1nsHphXRRup6))
More
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What's in each kit
- Case Top - Aluminum: Anodized in one of the aforementioned colors - Polycarbonate: TBD
- Case Bottom - Aluminum: Anodized in one of the aforementioned colors - Polycarbonate: TBD
- Half Plate - Aluminum - Anodized black
- Full Plate - Aluminum - Anodized black
- h60 PCB - 1mm thick
- Daughterboard & stabilizer spacers
- 2 sets of soft gasket
Brief write-up
Since my first designs from 2019, such as the Sakura660, my design competence and style have very much changed. From my experience with small private runs and commission projects, I designed a board that culminated the features that I want to see in a board. The Invictus, latin for "Undefeated", is a no frills WKL 60% designed with the primary goal of a balanced but flexible typing experience.
The goal of this IC is to garner interest for this project and to figure out which polycarbonate option, as well as what the third ano option, should be made available for sale/raffle.
Thank you to all who have helped out with the development of this project.
Answers without Questions
- Kitting is final and will not change.
- Additional PCBs & Plates will not be available as add-ons, but plate files will be made available after GB.
- Quantity is not subject to change. What will be available, will be available, that's that.
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i don't think those leaf springs are doing anything lol. The tabs are connected to the main part of the plate by only on connection.
I agree with this completely- this lead spring implementation is not effective. To be fair, there are no standards of what we consider leaf spring to be so OP can call it however they like.
Justin, have you tried the Keycult plate? It is not an effective implementation either. True leaf-spring can be seen here (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=96105.0)
I haven't directly handled one from KC. But I'd be inclined to believe this is similarly effective in adding some give to the plate... I avoid using the term leaf-spring now because it's not really a leaf-spring (personally guilty of using the word too). But I have the wilba.tech thermal which uses a similar idea but with much longer arms and I find it to be pretty good in doing what it's supposed to, just adding a lot of length to the connection between the PCB and the case. The thermal also connects to the plate at one point, branches out into two point connection to the case - just these arms are shorter so I don't imagine it would be as lenient as the thermal... I like the word Peac.design used on their PLX IC (kerf cuts) / living hinge.
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Weighing in on the leaf spring thing, it does seem that some of these "leaf spring" designs are doing multi fixed point mounting and I agree it may be the designers goal to (try to) accurately dial in the typing feel. Every little detail/characteristic can help in kb typefeel and I feel and this is no exception.
I too agree that leaf spring isn't a good definition for what's been seen in KBs so far because standard leaf springs generally follow a crescent shape with one fixed and one moving point at the spring ends. Living hinge also might not work as (at least in packaging) living hinges are used for rotational movement, not designed to rebound the force applied to it equally, and usually still relying on only 1 fixed point.
Strategic flex cuts/kerf cuts seem to be the best at accurately describing what the design intention is to me at least.