[IC] The Banana Split 60 - Group Buy Launching June 1st!

[nathanrosspowell]

I got my 78g Zealios for this build in.  Hurry upppppppppppp haha.  It's all good though, caps won't be in for a while.

This is the layout I'm gonna run on it.  Does everything check out?  I think it will work now based off finally getting into QMK and programming my Clueboard.  Excuse my poor color matching for GMK Plum as well.  Didn't know the color codes and didn't want to look it up lol.

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Looks like a great layout  :thumb:

[Krakob]

Evan placed in the order for PCB prototypes I'll have some screenshots up of the pcb renders sometime this week . Thanks for being so patient, it's been a long road and I'm excited to kick things off soon.

Woowoowoo! Think there'll be any further revisions? Any ETA for the GB if the prototype is entirely correct?

[Arhipio]

Evan placed in the order for PCB prototypes I'll have some screenshots up of the pcb renders sometime this week . Thanks for being so patient, it's been a long road and I'm excited to kick things off soon.

Woowoowoo! Think there'll be any further revisions? Any ETA for the GB if the prototype is entirely correct?

If the prototype is correct we will probably start gb shortly afterwards In the meantime we are working on the product page

[ChitownM2]

Excellent news!

[Arhipio]

Small update decided to add rounded edges to the plate. This will be how the final plate looks like.

[SNReloaded]

Small update decided to add rounded edges to the plate. This will be how the final plate looks like.

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I like this new round plate, it looks cleaner.

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[ChitownM2]

Looks good

[Vadurr]

CLEAN!

[iFreilicht]

Just checking in to say that I'm very interested in the PCB and plate to upgrade my current 60%. Added my vote to the poll as well.

[Arhipio]

Just checking in to say that I'm very interested in the PCB and plate to upgrade my current 60%. Added my vote to the poll as well.

Thank you

[Arhipio]

Small update, me and evan are getting a lot of work done on the project. We decided to not support rgb underglow for this round, the reason being is that we don't want to extend the project any longer. We want the board to support evan's configurator which at the moment does not support qmk only tmk. Hopefully you guys understand.

Thanks for the continued support. 

[SNReloaded]

Small update, me and evan are getting a lot of work done on the project. We decided to not support rgb underglow for this round, the reason being is that we don't want to extend the project any longer. We want the board to support evan's configurator which at the moment does not support qmk only tmk. Hopefully you guys understand.

Thanks for the continued support. 

I'm a little saddened by this, but this let's me look forward to version 2

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[daviddoctorrose]

thanks for the update! I'm excited to hear that more progress is being made. Look forward to more updates 

[iFreilicht]

Small update, me and evan are getting a lot of work done on the project. We decided to not support rgb underglow for this round, the reason being is that we don't want to extend the project any longer. We want the board to support evan's configurator which at the moment does not support qmk only tmk. Hopefully you guys understand.

Thanks for the continued support. 

Will you still make a keymap for QMK available or do we have to port it ourselves?

[evangs]

Small update, me and evan are getting a lot of work done on the project. We decided to not support rgb underglow for this round, the reason being is that we don't want to extend the project any longer. We want the board to support evan's configurator which at the moment does not support qmk only tmk. Hopefully you guys understand.

Thanks for the continued support. 

Will you still make a keymap for QMK available or do we have to port it ourselves?

We will add a qmk config on github

[ChitownM2]

We will add a qmk config on github

Excellent. Can't wait for this GB to happen.

[evangs]

We will add a qmk config on github

Excellent. Can't wait for this GB to happen.

Shouldn't be too far off. Prototype PCBs should be here towards end of month and if everything is good on those gen we will be launching shortly after

[Str1pez]

SO. EXCITED.

I've never been so pumped to build a board.

[Arhipio]

SO. EXCITED.

I've never been so pumped to build a board.

Hehe, I can speak for the both of us. Me and Evan are hyped.

[Arhipio]

Hosted an alps plate gb, used it as a test run to see how well the bulk plates will be for banana. Turned out great, here's some pics for ya'll to get a better idea of the finish . Also evan said he will be receiving the PCB prototypes next week . Eek can't wait!

[Arhipio]

Got some sticker samples , going to throw free ones in every order. 

[SNReloaded]

Got some sticker samples , going to throw free ones in every order. 

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Ooooh that's very nice

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[rrrsss]

really excited for this, will definitely join this!

[atsession]

Definitely looking good.  Now if a high profile aluminum case gb can occur at the same time... 😃

[Arhipio]

Definitely looking good.  Now if a high profile aluminum case gb can occur at the same time... 😃

Evan's working on the retro 60, maybe it'll line up with the banana release.

[atsession]

Definitely looking good.  Now if a high profile aluminum case gb can occur at the same time... 😃

Evan's working on the retro 60, maybe it'll line up with the banana release.

Nice, that'd be ideal.

[evangs]

Prototype PCBs have shipped, should be here on Monday and then testing begins!!

[NotTheVacuum]

Evan's working on the retro 60, maybe it'll line up with the banana release.

Self-restraint has taken me out of the loop a bit... any details about this effort? I'm still looking for a case for my future split build, too.

[Arhipio]

Evan's working on the retro 60, maybe it'll line up with the banana release.

Self-restraint has taken me out of the loop a bit... any details about this effort? I'm still looking for a case for my future split build, too.

I'll get back to you on that one, evan is currently out of town

[Arhipio]

Prototypes pcb's should be coming on monday, but then evan has to ship my batch. Expect some pics from me or him this week . And some builds to come... 

[SNReloaded]

2 things:

1) The aluminum plate cutouts don't look like they support the split spacebar. Do they still?
2) Are we able to do PCB mounted switches with this PCB?

Thanks!

[Arhipio]

2 things:

1) The aluminum plate cutouts don't look like they support the split spacebar. Do they still?
2) Are we able to do PCB mounted switches with this PCB?

Thanks!

1) What image are you referring to, I have a physical prototype of the steel plate and it works. If you are referring to the earlier pictures, that was a gb for an ALPS plate. I just posted it to show how the finish will look since I will be using the same manufacturer, finish and material.

2) Yes PCB mounted stabs and switch support. The plate will only support pcb mounted stabs.

[SNReloaded]

2 things:

1) The aluminum plate cutouts don't look like they support the split spacebar. Do they still?
2) Are we able to do PCB mounted switches with this PCB?

Thanks!

1) What image are you referring to, I have a physical prototype of the steel plate and it works. If you are referring to the earlier pictures, that was a gb for an ALPS plate. I just posted it to show how the finish will look since I will be using the same manufacturer, finish and material.

2) Yes PCB mounted stabs and switch support. The plate will only support pcb mounted stabs.

It was the Alps plate group buy. Sorry for not reading that clearly.

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[Arhipio]

2 things:

1) The aluminum plate cutouts don't look like they support the split spacebar. Do they still?
2) Are we able to do PCB mounted switches with this PCB?

Thanks!

1) What image are you referring to, I have a physical prototype of the steel plate and it works. If you are referring to the earlier pictures, that was a gb for an ALPS plate. I just posted it to show how the finish will look since I will be using the same manufacturer, finish and material.

2) Yes PCB mounted stabs and switch support. The plate will only support pcb mounted stabs.

It was the Alps plate group buy. Sorry for not reading that clearly.

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No worries

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[Arhipio]

Evan's finished BananaSplit prototype. He shipped me 3 pcb's once I get them I'll start building. Will also post pics of the pcb. 

[thad]

Cool. Looking forward to the next update.

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[waqar]

The only thing missing is split rightshift ⇧ and it's good to go.

[Arhipio]

Hey everyone me and evan have been working on a keyset that could be offered with the board. The set would probably be DCS since DSA is backed up until august. Please fill out the google form and provide any feedback you got. Cheers everyone.

https://goo.gl/forms/V8lTPUeXBiBXKxAG3

DCS Chocolate Banana

[ChitownM2]

The red cherry ESC key should be a yellow banana. Also maybe use the same (light) yellow color for the arrow cluster instead of the alternate brown color.

[Arhipio]

The only thing missing is split rightshift ⇧ and it's good to go.

We already support split right shift.



If this is what you are referring to we have support for that.

[Arhipio]

The red cherry ESC key should be a yellow banana. Also maybe use the same (light) yellow color for the arrow cluster instead of the alternate brown color.

It's supposed to look like the cherry on top of a banana split

[SNReloaded]

Hey everyone me and evan have been working on a keyset that could be offered with the board. The set would probably be DCS since DSA is backed up until august. Please fill out the google form and provide any feedback you got. Cheers everyone.

https://goo.gl/forms/V8lTPUeXBiBXKxAG3

DCS Chocolate Banana

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I love the color scheme, but as a Dvorak user, I was already going to be doing some funky layout things, and be putting down the Fn instead of the caps lock.

Maybe a good alternative would be an all blank set with just the cherry and the "Logo" text down?

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[waqar]

The only thing missing is split rightshift ⇧ and it's good to go.

We already support split right shift.

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If this is what you are referring to we have support for that.

Yes, the right split shift and split backspace as shown in the build, and split spacebar. So looking forward to this PCB and plate.

[Arhipio]

The only thing missing is split rightshift ⇧ and it's good to go.

We already support split right shift.

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If this is what you are referring to we have support for that.

Yes, the right split shift and split backspace as shown in the build, and split spacebar. So looking forward to this PCB and plate.

Haha my bad, thought you were referring to the pcb as a whole not just the build. Thanks for the support :D

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[iFreilicht]

Hey everyone me and evan have been working on a keyset that could be offered with the board. The set would probably be DCS since DSA is backed up until august. Please fill out the google form and provide any feedback you got. Cheers everyone.

https://goo.gl/forms/V8lTPUeXBiBXKxAG3

DCS Chocolate Banana

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Looks good, but I'm out on a keyset for monetary reasons. Just the plate and PCB for me :)

[Arhipio]

If anyone has contact information for maxkeys I would love to run the set through their SA profile.

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[SNReloaded]

If anyone has contact information for maxkeys I would love to run the set through their SA profile.

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DSA profile would be much appreciated! Maybe have an extra ? key that is part of the standard color as well?

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[SNReloaded]

Just noticed that there already is a question mark key : p

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[Arhipio]

If anyone has contact information for maxkeys I would love to run the set through their SA profile.

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DSA profile would be much appreciated! Maybe have an extra ? key that is part of the standard color as well?

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Lead times for DSA are getting to long. Just to get out of queue you're looking at august.

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[SNReloaded]

If anyone has contact information for maxkeys I would love to run the set through their SA profile.

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DSA profile would be much appreciated! Maybe have an extra ? key that is part of the standard color as well?

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Lead times for DSA are getting to long. Just to get out of queue you're looking at august.

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So SA and DSA are different?

Also, what about XDA? That's a newer linear profile, right?

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