Author Topic: [IC] Smart 68 Keyboard Set (GB is live) (Read 217965 times)

dakuzo · « **Reply #200 on:** Wed, 17 September 2014, 10:17:40 »

Quote from: taylordcraig on Sat, 13 September 2014, 10:50:31

Quote from: DzyDzyDino on Sat, 13 September 2014, 02:12:33
Is this still taking orders? and what's the status on it?

Hasn't even started taking orders.
We're all holding our breaths.

Been holding my breath long enough to decide it might be time to clear up my keyboard collection for this board.

DzyDzyDino · « **Reply #201 on:** Thu, 18 September 2014, 12:23:55 »

Yeah. I was thinking the same. This is the kind of keyboard that I could sell all my keyboards and just be happy with one. Meh. Please make. Please takkkkkeee money.

argcargv · « **Reply #202 on:** Fri, 19 September 2014, 11:09:51 »

I'm definitely getting this

JaccoW · « **Reply #203 on:** Fri, 19 September 2014, 17:25:16 »

A Leopold FC660 lookalike? I'm so in!

okwchin · « **Reply #204 on:** Sat, 20 September 2014, 06:41:30 »

But with the extra keys, and no bezel, to name the first visual differences

Latin00032 · « **Reply #205 on:** Sat, 20 September 2014, 09:52:08 »

I don't think it's going to happen, but I like the version with legs.

I think the new version is designed to be at a preset angle.

Hopefully, the angle isn't too steep.

dipswitch · « **Reply #206 on:** Sat, 20 September 2014, 21:03:59 »

I'm also interested in this. Please have the GB

Luminair · « **Reply #207 on:** Thu, 25 September 2014, 05:01:58 »

Quote from: feng on Wed, 13 August 2014, 00:35:56

Please post in this thread if you’re interested or you have any suggestions.

I love this design, as well as the Matias 60% design. Will this keyboard support the Matias switches? I'm not clear on that compatibility question yet.

I love how you use the previously-unused FRONT of the keyboard by the space bar. Ingenius and I think this may be copied more in the future, but it adds no volume but lots of functionality.

The aluminum looks amazing. It and the carbon fiber SEEM totally unnecessary, but also seem totally awesome.

I strongly suggest you apply your work to a higher-volume lower-cost version after this group buy. This synergy will allow you to make more money and gain more influence among the peasants. Soon we will all be chanting your song. Don't let your work go to waste -- bring it to as many people as possible, but in a different way.

I have a question about keyboard technology which has probably been asked a million times on this forum. Since you've got fully custom firmware anyway, why can't you make the "Shift" key modify the PgUp+PgDn buttons into Home+End? Etc. I'm a newbie, but it seems strange to me to have modifiers already present on the keyboard (shift, ctrl, alt) and yet they're unused. If we're improving the old key layout, can't we improve the old modifiers too?

limitz · « **Reply #208 on:** Thu, 25 September 2014, 12:20:49 »

We'll probably see more of these boards in the coming months.

The groupbuy just ended on the Chinese keyboard forum enjoyclick on 09/20 I believe.

GB thread here I believe:

http://www.enjoyclick.org/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=7602&extra=page%3D1

My gf isn't around, and I'm on my work computer, so I can't easily translate the Chinese, so I'm not 100% sure that this is the GB thread. I think it is though.

okwchin · « **Reply #209 on:** Thu, 25 September 2014, 19:31:33 »

Which means we might be able to get a physical sample organised for the western mass drop at some stage in the not to distant future, I'm hoping…

Appears that the GB has 2 PCB options - with or without the hot swappable, and 2 different layout options for the CF plate. There were a few colour options, but I don't have an account, so I can't see the pictures that I would guess stipulate the differences.

limitz · « **Reply #210 on:** Fri, 26 September 2014, 08:17:30 »

The price is very reasonable too. Basically exactly $200 USD, which for this board, is amazing.

Can't wait to see if anybody on here can get a physical sample to MassDrop, or possibility rerun the group buy here.

DeelonG did a great job on the board, and hopefully we can get him to run it over here as well.

DzyDzyDino · « **Reply #211 on:** Sat, 27 September 2014, 20:49:17 »

Yeah, this thing is so great. I come back to look at this every so often. Dream board. I'd sell off most of my boards and just have this.

feizor · « **Reply #212 on:** Sat, 27 September 2014, 23:17:53 »

This board brings a lot of innovations that we haven't seen before. Definitely get a GB running here on GH.

ImBZppl · « **Reply #213 on:** Sat, 04 October 2014, 18:12:21 »

This will be the final board I will want to buy. Everything afterwards will be caps, leds, and switches.

Elocutive · « **Reply #214 on:** Sat, 04 October 2014, 19:55:39 »

Is there any word on when this will be available?

Synjin · « **Reply #215 on:** Sat, 04 October 2014, 22:10:11 »

I think a gb of this just recently ended so perhaps massdrop will be able to run this GB once they get a sample product form the original GB

Elocutive · « **Reply #216 on:** Sun, 05 October 2014, 17:21:23 »

Will I need to solder at all to make a finished working version of one of these?

Moralless · « **Reply #217 on:** Tue, 07 October 2014, 08:49:50 »

Quote from: feng on Thu, 28 August 2014, 10:24:02

Still trying to get things work with Massdrop. But I don't know for sure yet. They need a sample first before doing the group buy, but we won't be able to get a sample until the next round of production is done in at least 1-2 months. If they can't do the group buy without a sample, I will consider running a GB here on GH for the first round.

How's the production of these keyboards going along, are you guys close to sending massdrop a sample? Or are you leaning towards a GH GB for R1.

tyvar1 · « **Reply #218 on:** Fri, 10 October 2014, 15:57:14 »

Cool idea!

voted in the Massdrop poll!

munin · « **Reply #219 on:** Thu, 16 October 2014, 18:57:50 »

Made an account just for this board. any updates? Also wondering how/ if anyone has an account on that foreign site with the pictures. I couldn't understand the questions they were asking lol.

plc268 · « **Reply #220 on:** Sun, 19 October 2014, 16:38:00 »

Quote from: okwchin on Sun, 14 September 2014, 21:23:53

ooh.. thats promising! we don't see the leds being swapped between positions, but hey, I would love if it was that simple

And that double LED thing is cool! great for number row backlit keys.

I'm almost more interested in those double LEDs more than anything else. Would definitely solve the problem of having unlit numbers. I

ImBZppl · « **Reply #221 on:** Sun, 19 October 2014, 18:22:28 »

I think this will be the last cherry switch keyboard I will want to buy. I hope it opens for GB soon.

agbockus · « **Reply #222 on:** Sun, 19 October 2014, 22:23:41 »

I can't wait for this. I've been interested since this thread just started and I love it. I love it so much. Desperately waiting for a group buy.

Matt3o · « **Reply #223 on:** Mon, 20 October 2014, 02:13:53 »

is this really going to happen?

Elrick · « **Reply #224 on:** Mon, 20 October 2014, 06:02:48 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Mon, 20 October 2014, 02:13:53

is this really going to happen?

Certainly hope so as we need this weird, little keyboard

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Matt3o · « **Reply #225 on:** Mon, 20 October 2014, 07:14:30 »

I would get it in a heart beat... but at this point I thought it was vapor-ware

limitz · « **Reply #226 on:** Mon, 20 October 2014, 13:49:05 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Mon, 20 October 2014, 07:14:30

I would get it in a heart beat... but at this point I thought it was vapor-ware

It's already in production so definitely not vapor-ware.

I believe the GB ended last month on a chinese keyboard forum, I think I posted the link above.

Matt3o · « **Reply #227 on:** Wed, 22 October 2014, 08:27:41 »

yes, I mean... for us poor little western countries

lwls · « **Reply #228 on:** Wed, 22 October 2014, 08:36:35 »

Oww, this is hard... Now the TEX Yoda is on Massdrop, and I don't know when (or if) the GB for this board is coming...

Edit: this just in, the "next" Tex Yoda will be programmable. The Yoda will have to wait then.

JaccoW · « **Reply #229 on:** Mon, 27 October 2014, 07:38:32 »

Quote from: limitz on Mon, 20 October 2014, 13:49:05

Quote from: Matt3o on Mon, 20 October 2014, 07:14:30
I would get it in a heart beat... but at this point I thought it was vapor-ware

It's already in production so definitely not vapor-ware.

I believe the GB ended last month on a chinese keyboard forum, I think I posted the link above.

Is there any update on that forum? Like pics or something. I'd love to see some more of those

pfrederi · « **Reply #230 on:** Wed, 29 October 2014, 20:29:50 »

I don't care where this drop happens, I just want it to happen...

Latin00032 · « **Reply #231 on:** Wed, 29 October 2014, 20:53:42 »

Ive been waiting for this board ignoring the other boards on md along with the vipers.

I keep hoping this drop will start soon.

okwchin · « **Reply #232 on:** Thu, 30 October 2014, 09:48:25 »

Quote from: Latin00032 on Wed, 29 October 2014, 20:53:42

Ive been waiting for this board ignoring the other boards on md along with the vipers.

I keep hoping this drop will start soon.

In a way, it has saved a degree of wallet hack!

Although theres a growing fear that withdrawal symptoms might hit hard and one might end up splurging big time across the board (hah bad pun)

Sygaldry · « **Reply #233 on:** Sat, 08 November 2014, 10:21:35 »

Not sure if anyone saw or read this but MassDrop has been working on getting a GB started for the Smart68 but the factory that produced the Chinese group buy apparently doesn't exist anymore.

So.... there's more work to be done to get this in production for us outside of China...

Source: Lekashman

GL1TCH3D · « **Reply #234 on:** Sat, 08 November 2014, 10:30:20 »

Quote from: Sygaldry on Sat, 08 November 2014, 10:21:35

Not sure if anyone saw or read this but MassDrop has been working on getting a GB started for the Smart68 but the factory that produced the Chinese group buy apparently doesn't exist anymore.

So.... there's more work to be done to get this in production for us outside of China...

Source: Lekashman

That's a real shame to hear =(

I wonder what the biggest issues are for the production of this.

Is it the carbon fibre plate or the PCB?

Sygaldry · « **Reply #235 on:** Sat, 08 November 2014, 10:48:29 »

Quote from: GL1TCH3D on Sat, 08 November 2014, 10:30:20

Quote from: Sygaldry on Sat, 08 November 2014, 10:21:35
Not sure if anyone saw or read this but MassDrop has been working on getting a GB started for the Smart68 but the factory that produced the Chinese group buy apparently doesn't exist anymore.

So.... there's more work to be done to get this in production for us outside of China...

Source: Lekashman

That's a real shame to hear =(

I wonder what the biggest issues are for the production of this.

Is it the carbon fibre plate or the PCB?

I believe it's neither.

Two main issues I see now...

They need to first get a sample of the keyboard sent to their offices in California (with the original factory out of the picture, this is not as simple as asking for a production sample). I doubt any of the buyers in the original GB would be willing to part with their keyboards for the sake of us not in the PRC.

The only way around this would be if the designer or Feng had a production sample and could ship it to MD.

I'm not sure if MD has managed to get a production sample yet but let's assume they have one right now.

Then they need to find a factory to actually produce the boards for a GB on MassDrop.

This essentially means, where two weeks ago, it was almost certain that a GB would happen soon in the US because there was a factory ready to produce the board (machinery and tooling and logistics ready to go to production), there is no such factory now and so that takes the GB back a few steps.

This keyboard looks so promising but in my opinion it might be doubtful that a drop would happen for us as soon as we had originally anticipated.

There's that and the fact that MassDrop now has the Infinity Keyboard to build upon.

Data · « **Reply #236 on:** Sat, 08 November 2014, 12:58:50 »

Sucks that this has hit some pretty significant production snags. I hope it still makes it to market eventually. It seems there's more than enough interest.

JaccoW · « **Reply #237 on:** Sat, 08 November 2014, 18:38:30 »

I see this as an upside. Allows my wallet to recover.

Sygaldry · « **Reply #238 on:** Sat, 08 November 2014, 18:41:11 »

Quote from: JaccoW on Sat, 08 November 2014, 18:38:30

I see this as an upside. Allows my wallet to recover.

Or it will lead you to consider other alternatives and when this drop comes around, your wallet will be even more emaciated!

tyvar1 · « **Reply #239 on:** Sun, 09 November 2014, 02:22:30 »

Quote from: JaccoW on Sat, 08 November 2014, 18:38:30

I see this as an upside. Allows my wallet to recover.

This is geekhack your wallet will never recover!

vivalarevolución · « **Reply #240 on:** Sun, 09 November 2014, 06:24:48 »

Quote from: Sygaldry on Sat, 08 November 2014, 10:21:35

Not sure if anyone saw or read this but MassDrop has been working on getting a GB started for the Smart68 but the factory that produced the Chinese group buy apparently doesn't exist anymore.

So.... there's more work to be done to get this in production for us outside of China...

Source: Lekashman

Can't they get the tooling out of the original factory and move it somewhere else?

okwchin · « **Reply #241 on:** Sun, 09 November 2014, 09:24:00 »

Is there really any specific tooling involved? Excuse my naivety to manufacturing processes, but apart from the PCB and the aluminium CNC pattern, the only main part that could require less-standard tooling could be the brass inserts and its insertion process? (if there are any for the switches/LEDs)

Well heres hoping that its as simple as that, because I would imagine that the rest of the PCB should be fairly normal to manufacture, and the CNC case should also be manufacturable as per most cases that we already have. It's a matter of having access, limited or otherwise, to the design files.

Talfrey · « **Reply #242 on:** Fri, 14 November 2014, 09:07:50 »

I would absolutely drop the cash for this. Just tell me how.

jrules · « **Reply #243 on:** Fri, 14 November 2014, 15:36:10 »

I am BEYOND interested in this. This is the perfect compromise between layout and portability. How can I give you my money?

Data · « **Reply #244 on:** Fri, 14 November 2014, 16:08:27 »

Quote from: Talfrey on Fri, 14 November 2014, 09:07:50

I would absolutely drop the cash for this. Just tell me how.

Quote from: jrules on Fri, 14 November 2014, 15:36:10

I am BEYOND interested in this. This is the perfect compromise between layout and portability. How can I give you my money?

Suggest you read the previous page.

jrules · « **Reply #245 on:** Fri, 14 November 2014, 17:06:22 »

That's incredibly disappointing, was hoping for something to hook up to a surface pro. Hopefully they resolve their issues.

tutuling · « **Reply #246 on:** Fri, 14 November 2014, 17:47:14 »

I was also considering this option. Hopefully they can work something out with another vendor

Sygaldry · « **Reply #247 on:** Fri, 14 November 2014, 20:16:32 »

Quote from: tutuling on Fri, 14 November 2014, 17:47:14

I was also considering this option. Hopefully they can work something out with another vendor

I believe this is what MassDrop is currently working on at this moment.

dashing_girlboy · « **Reply #248 on:** Sun, 16 November 2014, 02:36:05 »

let's just hope that massdrop is able to get another manufacturer at a lower price. a man can dream...

Hypersphere · « **Reply #249 on:** Sat, 22 November 2014, 15:42:53 »

Just discovered this while browsing the Massdrop site. Extremely interesting keyboard. I hope that the project can go forward.

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Author Topic: [IC] Smart 68 Keyboard Set (GB is live) (Read 217965 times)