Finally back from a long weekend trip to Boston. Just finished up case v1.1- if it works well, Round 0 lottery signups should be open this entire weekend and will be shipped in the following week or two. By the way, look out for reviews from livingspeedbump, LeandreN, and skiwithpete coming sometime this month.
If I understood well, this layout will be available in round one, correct?
Yep- just confirmed compatability for ISO Enter and Shift in KiCad, so it'll definitely be available.
Would definitely be interested in getting one, doubly so if there's the possibility of alternative colours and solid, non-transparent, acrylic top and bottom plates (for those of us who don't care about the LEDs)
Cases are pretty easy to customize. What colors would people want to see? I might end up just providing all available acrylic colors on the form for Round 1, maybe Round 0- MOQ would be 4 for any color. I do think that getting matte acrylic is optimal for the top and bottom, as it's much more scratch-resistant than regular, but if you're fine with that a lot more colors are avilable.
I don't know if you answered it or not but the LEDs are soldered in the bottom right? So switches like original Cherry have black case can't show the LEDs at all. I'm looking forward for this anyway.
Thank you.
Yep, they're surface mount. I actually don't have a set of Cherry switches right now- if someone's got 65 for testing, I'd gladly take a picture to show the effect.
I just popped in a Cherry switch to test it out- there's actually quite a bit of light that comes through the LED holes, and the LED sits right on the edge of the switch, so there's still light on the plate and it's quite nice. By the way- noticed that Cherry plate-mount is a lot more sturdy than Gateron plate-mount or even Gateron PCB-mount- anyone have insight as to why?
Which mcu are you using? Just super interested.
I also assume that that mounting holes are the same as the popular 60% boards? And the user can directly solder the switches rather than using the sip sockets?
Sweet project you got going here, and the price point is attractive. I'll be down to order a set!
ATmega32U4, as is typical. Mounting holes on the Round 0 (v1.0) PCBs are non-standard. I'm still waiting to see if the board will be compatible with currently available 60% cases- if you've got one, please tell me how deep the standoffs are- I'm very curious.
Very interested. I hope you ship to germany and that the shipping cost doesn't kill me.
Round 1 will definitely be shipping international. I'm not sure how popular Round 0 will be internationally since it lacks ISO support, but if someone gets in I'll still ship internationally.
Will the case has other color than black? I'm looking for Turquoise or something green.
See answer to wongie above. I couldn't find any turquoise acrylic in the right thickness, but something green might be available? No guarantees, sadly.
SUMMARY OF FEATURES AND REQUESTS Pending OP confirmation.
(Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with the OP-Designer, I am just another interested person that put this together for the benefit of the followers of this awesome idea, in the hope that it may be of some help)
1. Features already included:
1.1. A layout with arrows in a sixty format.
1.2. LEDs.
1.3. Programmability.
1.4. Hot swappability.
2. Requests that may not increase the cost:
2.1. Alternative colors for the acrylic plate and bottom.
3. Requests already considered
3.1. ISO Enter compatibility (Confirmed for round 1).
3.2. HHKB right shift option (Not confirmed yet?).
4. Requests that may not be feasible:
4.1. Extra bottom row options. (May this be moved to the next level?)
5. Request that may be implemented with additional cost / alternate design:
5.1 Option for a PCB with no switch sockets soldered. Alternative PCB with proper pass-through holes for soldering switches. (Pending OP confirmation).
Something missing?
Most of this is correct. A few things:
1. HHKB right shift is happening with two caveats: LEDs will be slightly off (they're in the original position) and those two switches will be upside down (which makes pretty much no difference).
2. Alternative colors, as mentioned above, will be available- MOQ of 4 for each, pick colors for top/middle/bottom. (Matte acrylic is recommended for the top and bottom pieces for diffusion and to protect against scratches- probably will be available in clear and black.)
with programmingz yes? what controller?
ATmega32U4, programmable with EasyAVR (and QMK if there's enough interest).