The Phantom keyboard project began in early 2012, and was the first of its kind. A TKL keyboard that you build yourself, that included several different layout options on the PCB.
If the Phantom project were to be done today, with what we know now after other projects (such as the GH60), it would most likely include things like:
- Onboard controller IC
- SMT components, presoldered at the fab
- In-switch LED support with backlighting module
- holes drilled in the PCB for mounting stabilizers and switches
- PCB scored to break off 10-key module
But we will use what we have, currently. Until something is designed that meets new design goals.