Steezy60: Alps and SMK 60% PCB with split space support and more

[gnhuy91]

Awesome review! I hope Applet will do a small run so I could build a Canon alps board, would be fantastic.

[toniwonkanobi]

Yeah this would be great. It's the only 60% PCB with flex cutouts and Alps support, yeah?

[Applet]

Yeah this would be great. It's the only 60% PCB with flex cutouts and Alps support, yeah?

There is the voyager60 which also has the flex cut, there has been talk of doing a run of those I've seen (I hope with ai03's blessing). That is a very clean PCB, since the layout support is much more limited.

I will update the main post, but here is a short update:

I recently did a small run of these cards (done with the files in the release on my github), both SMK and Alps to verify the new revision and provide a few PCB's I promised for a long while now.

Changes in the new revision is added canon spherical support and aligning the PCB with my other projects, so a few component changes and PCB outline changes and other tweaks. We now have support for unikorn, tho not tested. Other than PCB changes, I have a PR to add VIA support. We initially had some issues, I have removed a lot of the support in VIA, and it now works fine. If you have a very non-standard layout, QMK is the way. For a more standard layout, the new VIA-implementation works. Should be added to the main repo within a month, if you need it earlier, I can provide the file.

I still have a few extras, DM me if there is interest in buying one or a few.

Here is a pic of the new revision:

Quick test mount of the spherical keycaps:


Thanks for showing interest in the project! 

[Applet]

Accidental post, updating main post.

[gnhuy91]

Big Thanks to Applet for the great work! Finally I can make use of my canon typewriter keycaps, if anyone need a plate file for this layout just lmk (or I can cut it for you with some cost)

[Applet]

Beautiful board! Thanks for sharing!

[Applet]

I still have a few of these in SMK-version and one in Alps-version up for sale if anyone is interested, drop me a PM here or mail at mail@4pplet.com if so (green just like in main post). Apologies if someone did not get a response on PM, just send me a new one if that is/was the case.

Stay safe!

EDIT:
I also added the simplified VIA-config for this project to https://remap-keys.app/, you can remap your keys in the browser (only the latest chrome version is supported), this is also valid for my other QMK-projects.

[toniwonkanobi]

I still have a few of these in SMK-version and one in Alps-version up for sale if anyone is interested, drop me a PM here or mail at mail@4pplet.com if so (green just like in main post). Apologies if someone did not get a response on PM, just send me a new one if that is/was the case.

Stay safe!

EDIT:
I also added the simplified VIA-config for this project to https://remap-keys.app/, you can remap your keys in the browser (only the latest chrome version is supported), this is also valid for my other QMK-projects.

Are you not producing these in quantity yet? That's too bad :/ What a great PCB. The only like it as far as Alps support goes.

[Applet]

Not in quantity yet. So far, I've mostly only made PCB's to verify the new revisions. I do have plans to make them available, but I still need to figure out the best way for me to do that (GB vs vendor vs making a webshop).

[u-ra]

Figuring out the layout.

[Applet]

Oh, wow, love to see the builds! Really want to build a Monterey Blue board someday

[Hapi]

I finally built my RAMA thermal:

KB: Rama Thermal Kuro
PCB: Steezy60 SMK, Rama Thermal doughter board
Plate: Red Anodized Aluminium
Switches: SMK 2nd gen, MX, clicky (new old stock)
Keycaps: Infinikey PBT WoB, BoW & Bred
Stabs: GMK
Foam: KBDFANS stabs sticker foam, KBDFANS spacebar foam, KBDFANS module foam

Awesome keyboard. Thank you, Applet 

[Applet]

Wow, such a pretty build! Thanks for sharing

Glad your Thermal was not lost

[Hapi]

Hello, Applet.
I'm sending you the correct position of the PSH connector. All wilba's PCBs have same position. If you had several boards made with a corrected connector position, I would buy 5 pieces.

[Applet]

Hello, Applet.
I'm sending you the correct position of the PSH connector. All wilba's PCBs have same position. If you had several boards made with a corrected connector position, I would buy 5 pieces.

Hi, thanks for the measurements 

Currently, I have aligned this project with my other PCB's, and the daughter board connector is moved so it should fit rubber-worm mount well (like the unikorn or bakeneko). Is the position on the older or the new one an issue in wilba/rama boards? I will likely keep this new position for general releases. We could possibly do a one-off set of boards with the same daughter board connector placement like wilba.

Latest connector placement:

[Hapi]

Hello, Applet.
I'm sending you the correct position of the PSH connector. All wilba's PCBs have same position. If you had several boards made with a corrected connector position, I would buy 5 pieces.

Hi, thanks for the measurements 

Currently, I have aligned this project with my other PCB's, and the daughter board connector is moved so it should fit rubber-worm mount well (like the unikorn or bakeneko). Is the position on the older or the new one an issue in wilba/rama boards? I will likely keep this new position for general releases. We could possibly do a one-off set of boards with the same daughter board connector placement like wilba.



Latest connector placement:
(Attachment Link)

Thermal has a groove for the connector and cable.
Because the connector is outside the groove, the leaf spring does not work. The connector touches the bottom of the case.

[Applet]

I'll see if I can work in the possibility to have that position of the daughter board connector (and ESD-chip) also as an alternative assembly.

[PixelPlays__]

How can I go about getting one of these?

[hanslau]

The ATMEGA32U2-MU seems to be out of stock in many places, any replacement u can recommend that i can slot into JLCPCB?

[Applet]

The ATMEGA32U2-MU seems to be out of stock in many places, any replacement u can recommend that i can slot into JLCPCB?

The ATMEGA32U2-AU can also be used. There is unfortunately no in stock alternative to the MCU at JLC 

[Applet]

I've updated the project to the latest release (B4). Changes to the project: 
- I've added a second assembly option for daughter board connector that should be compatible with wilba cases (like the thermal). This is currently untested.
- I've improved bakeneko (and other rubberworm cases) support by moving the daughter board connector slightly and updating the PCB outline.
- Minor tweaks and changes

Hello, Applet.

I'm sending you the correct position of the PSH connector. All wilba's PCBs have same position. If you had several boards made with a corrected connector position, I would buy 5 pieces.

Hey Hapi! This is now added, I currently don't have a planned production run tho. I still have some of the old SMK revision left.

[monotux]

Just received and tested my steezy60 SMK PCB, works great! Now waiting for my new case and plate to arrive so I can finally build something with my SMK switches!

[Applet]

Just received and tested my steezy60 SMK PCB, works great! Now waiting for my new case and plate to arrive so I can finally build something with my SMK switches!

Fun! Please share pics of the build when you are done with it (totally fine if you don't want to), it's always fun to see SMK builds 

[monotux]

Here it is!

The case is a HMKB V1 60 Standard Inox with a inox plate, and the keycaps are ePBT Extented 2048. In retrospect this build would have been easier if I'd used the 6.25U spacebar, but I only had a 7U stabilizer at hand and wanted to have the build done.

[Applet]

Looks great!