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Offline MisterKnife

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[GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« on: Sat, 19 September 2020, 12:52:55 »


Hey there,

I've made a PCB for the CA66 with stm32. This is the second round and I've added iso support in this version.

IC
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=107319.0

GB form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfw44ePnrLQRNyQ-il12eWuuwNwQR8guwUOr44aHyI9pCXG9A/viewform?usp=sf_link

Features
- STM32F072
- QMK compatible
- ALPS and MX compatible
- ESD protection
- Green PCB
- ENIG-RoHS
- Case grounded
- 6 RGB LEDs
- Molex Pico connector between the two boards
- Iso support
- No LEDs for the keys (backlight)
- push button to put the MCU into DFU mode for when flashing really failed. (normal bootloader via ESC key)
- usb-c breakout pcb

Layouts


the caps lock key has two different placements

Price
45 EUR


Shipping
Shipping will be done via DHL non-express. it's dependable for where you are what the price is going to be.
After the group buys is full and all the transfers are complete it will take approx 2-3 weeks to get everything shipped.

please also add your country to the shipping information


Start date
Sunday 20th of September


End date
Wednesday 7th of October

Payment
Via PayPal, I'll send out the invoices. 

I will send a tailored shipping price to everybody that participates after the gb ends
« Last Edit: Thu, 22 October 2020, 00:57:26 by MisterKnife »

Offline HoffmanMyster

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 23 September 2020, 21:58:54 »
Approved :thumb:

Offline MisterKnife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 28 September 2020, 06:46:40 »
Only 20 left...

Offline ninjapirate

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 28 September 2020, 06:47:42 »
Grabbing a couple   :D

Offline MisterKnife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 28 September 2020, 07:49:19 »
nice  :)

Offline Jaxxstatic

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 28 September 2020, 13:07:45 »
In for two

Offline MisterKnife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 01 October 2020, 10:58:30 »
Bump

Offline cjhard

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 02 October 2020, 11:06:22 »
Joined. I never got around to assembling my CA66, but have been thinking about getting around to it lately.

Looking forward to getting around to it with this :)

Offline MisterKnife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 05 October 2020, 07:46:09 »
bump

Offline MisterKnife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 08 October 2020, 15:40:58 »
Leaving it open until I get the quote back from the factory.

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 10 October 2020, 06:38:21 »
HI friends!
i want to change my shipping address
where can i contact you?

Offline MisterKnife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - 5 Left
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 10 October 2020, 07:09:32 »
Sent out all the invoices. Once all are paid I'm going to place the orders.

As it turns out the MCU's are out of stock so I will be soldering them myself. This will add time and cost but that's on me. And that means you do not have to wait longer.
« Last Edit: Sat, 10 October 2020, 08:06:48 by MisterKnife »

Offline MisterKnife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - 6 Left
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 18 October 2020, 04:27:24 »
Still waiting for some payments...

Offline Icemanrec

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - 6 Left
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 18 October 2020, 09:16:25 »
hi im one of the good guys and paid straight away :) is there an expected delivery date for this?

Offline MisterKnife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - 6 Left
« Reply #14 on: Sun, 18 October 2020, 16:03:31 »
Should be fairly quick once everybody paid. Will take me 2 weeks from order to ship more or less.

Need to solder some components myself and package etc

Offline MisterKnife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - 1 Left
« Reply #15 on: Wed, 21 October 2020, 14:54:59 »
Placed the order. due to the amount of dropouts of order I removed the ENIG finish to non-lead.  I'm sorry for the unconvienience.

Hopefully I will get the PCB in next week and then I can begin soldering the components that were not in stock in china (LEDS, MCU, CONNECTORS, FUSE, TRANSISTOR) which is quite some work so bare with me. Will keep you updated.

Knife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #16 on: Wed, 04 November 2020, 14:24:41 »
Is there still one spot left?

Offline MisterKnife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #17 on: Thu, 05 November 2020, 05:09:40 »
Sorry they are all out

Offline MisterKnife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #18 on: Sun, 08 November 2020, 13:49:26 »
I should be finally getting the pcbs from the factory somewhere next week. And then I will start to solder the missing components

Offline MisterKnife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #19 on: Tue, 01 December 2020, 09:23:57 »
I've just posted every unit! Share some pictures of your builds :-)

256833-0

Offline MisterKnife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #20 on: Tue, 01 December 2020, 09:24:48 »
The firmware is still in PR so you might need to check out my repository if this is not merged yet.

https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/pull/11010

Offline Argan12345

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #21 on: Tue, 01 December 2020, 13:14:06 »
There was no BT support for this PCB?

Offline MisterKnife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #22 on: Tue, 01 December 2020, 13:30:58 »
No BT support as QMK doesnt have BT support with STM32 chips as we speak. Once that comes I will prob make a pcb for it

Offline Kuj0

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #23 on: Fri, 14 May 2021, 03:03:01 »
Is there any chance there will be some extra available? I'm sitting on a dead CA66 PCB that I just bought.



Offline Kuj0

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #24 on: Sun, 16 May 2021, 18:48:09 »
Has anyone millmaxed this PCB? If so, which sku did you use? I have a bag of 0305s laying around that didn't fit the original CA pcb - wondering if they will fit the Knife



Offline nineleveno

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #25 on: Mon, 17 May 2021, 09:04:16 »
Has anyone millmaxed this PCB? If so, which sku did you use? I have a bag of 0305s laying around that didn't fit the original CA pcb - wondering if they will fit the Knife

I millmaxed my Knife PCB with 7305's and didn't have any issues. I believe 7305's and 0305's have the same diameter, so you should be good there.

Offline Kuj0

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #26 on: Mon, 17 May 2021, 13:04:14 »

Thanks! Looking forward to getting mine in hand
Has anyone millmaxed this PCB? If so, which sku did you use? I have a bag of 0305s laying around that didn't fit the original CA pcb - wondering if they will fit the Knife

I millmaxed my Knife PCB with 7305's and didn't have any issues. I believe 7305's and 0305's have the same diameter, so you should be good there.



Offline Corrovich

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #27 on: Thu, 27 May 2021, 00:04:49 »
Any word on a round 3?  I'm also one of the unlucky ones with a dead PCB.

Offline bcbishop

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #28 on: Thu, 22 July 2021, 09:38:54 »
Also wondering if R3 may be coming. Thank you for designing this alt PCB!

Offline Kuj0

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #29 on: Thu, 22 July 2021, 12:43:37 »
Also wondering if R3 may be coming. Thank you for designing this alt PCB!

This thread's been pretty quiet for awhile, but PlayKB has recently teased another run of the CA66 that will also offer the option to buy PCBs a la carte. No date announced yet, but it's coming.



Offline bcbishop

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #30 on: Thu, 22 July 2021, 13:47:17 »
This thread's been pretty quiet for awhile, but PlayKB has recently teased another run of the CA66 that will also offer the option to buy PCBs a la carte. No date announced yet, but it's coming.

That’s great news — thanks!

Offline MisterKnife

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Re: [GB] CA66 replacement PCB R2 - in production
« Reply #31 on: Mon, 20 September 2021, 02:26:22 »
Wouldn’t get your hopes up on getting a good pcb from play tbh. Most of their r1 and r2 died. Supply on the stm chips is still terrible. Will keep you guys posted