[IC]Ikki68 Aurora V2-3D Badge|Alu-PC-Stitched Plate|Tri-mode PCB|Aurora Pad

[Ckeeb]

Hi Friends,

We know you are still waiting for our Freya Update, while working on it’s prototypes, we can’t wait sharing our Aurora’s progress with you too In this hot summer, let’s add these lovely cute Aurora boards and Pads to our shelves!

Aurora V2 Amethyst Color Renders

Aurora V2 Aurora V2 Pure color

Aurora V2 Translucent Colors









Aurora is created by hobbyists for hobbyists ever since it’s birth in 2020, after experiencing two previous rounds and making our other boards, we have been listening to new features requirements and also come to new understanding for our designs.

What we look forward from Aurora

* A comfortable and pleasing daily driver to work with

* A playable tool for fun and custom typing feel

* A light compact portable board to move around easily

What’s New We Bring with Aurora V2

* New Translucent and Solid colorway

* Tri-mode PCB with RGB

* Aluminium and PC Stitched plate

* 2D and 3D badge

* Aurora Num pad

The structural design idea - Adding more flexibility for mounting structure design and differentiate typing feel for mods and alphas. We replace gasket foams with gasket sleeves, so that we can choose gasket hardness or not to use at all, and add daughter board for PCB to give it more flex. However, we have found that most gasket mounted keyboards have a commonly seen problem - mod keys are too soft and difficult to press on. Therefore, we have partitioned the plate. The PC and aluminum structure makes mod keys stiffer, powerful and sound full, while the alphas enjoy the soft flex from normal PC plate.

Tri-mode PCB with RGB

Update from PCB with daughter board integration to daughter board and PCB separation type. Furthermore, the PCB of Aurora V2 is upgraded to tri-mode with RGB.

Aluminium and PC Stitched plate

The plate of Aurora V2 will be upgraded from the traditional PC plate to aluminium and PC Stitched plat design.

2D and 3D badge designs

Our designer @VAMP has designed these beautiful badge for V2.

* Aurora V2 - 3D Badge



* Aurora V2 - 2D Badges





Aurora num pad

Aurora V2 adds a matching color numeric pad as an option. It can improve the work efficiency and at the same time let you experience a different kind of customization.

Aurora V2 Keyboard Kit Specifications

* Layout: 68%

* Typing angle: 7 degrees

* Front Height: 20.5mm

* Dimension: 345.6x 112.2 x 33 (mm)

* Case material: Injection molded Polycarbonate

* 8 Mounting Method: Gasket Mount

* Aurora V2 Keyboard Explosion Diagram

PCB Specifications

* Hot-swap PCB: 1.2mm thick, flex cuts

* Per-key RGB

* With daughterboard

* Support ISO & ANSI

* Support Bluetooth 5.0 and 2.4G Hz

* VIA compatible

* ESD Protection

Multi-Layout

ANSI, ISO, split spacebars, step caps lock, split right shift, split backspace


Aurora Pad

Aurora Pad - Amethyst Color Renders









Aurora Pad Specifications

* Layout: 17%

* Typing angle: 6.5 degrees

* Front Height: 20.7mm

* Dimension: 112.2x 93.6 x 33 (mm)

* Weight: 240g

* Case material: Injection molded Polycarbonate

* Mounting Method: Gasket Mount

* Aurora Pad Explosion Diagram

PCB Specifications

* Hot-swap PCB: 1.2mm thick, non-flex cuts

* Per-key RGB

* With daughterboard

* Support Bluetooth 5.0 and 2.4G Hz

* VIA compatible

* ESD Protection

Davy Jones' Locker for Aurora V2

We are so excited to work with the designer of GMK DAVY JONES'LOCKER to bring out the Aurora V2 x DAVY JONES'LOCKER collaboration. Welcome to join the Davy Jones' Locker for Aurora V2 discord server and share more ideas.










Aurora V2 - Community Badge Design Contest

We were really impressed by so many aesthetic designs from R1 and R2, and we would love to continue to host such contest and welcome more designs again! And this time, we have both 2D and 3D!

More details here

Thoughts and Ideas

We need your vote to help us proceed! We’d love to know

* Colors you like
* Badges you want
* Aluminium Aurora or not

Please fill in Aurora V2 IC form, join our Discord for more frequent updates![/size]

Want a collab with Aurora board?

If you are a designer and would love to have an Aurora board collab, please email business@wuquestudio.com or contact our discord @ Harry Vic | Wuque. Studio#7057 Or, have a collab you want to see with Aurora? Please leave us comment or fill in our IC form

Thank you!

[aicyborg]

There are a lot of colours on offer here. Can you please talk about what steps have been taken to ensure accurate colour matching from renders to the real boards, in order to avoid a repeat of the Ikki68 R2's Winter Breath issues?

[Akele]

Great to see another round of the Ikki68. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for full alu being offered as an option this time.

[hustinocide]

Is the pcb for Ikki68 V1 compatible with v2? and vice versa???

[Ckeeb]

Great to see another round of the Ikki68. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for full alu being offered as an option this time.

Thank you very much for your suggestions.

[Ckeeb]

There are a lot of colours on offer here. Can you please talk about what steps have been taken to ensure accurate colour matching from renders to the real boards, in order to avoid a repeat of the Ikki68 R2's Winter Breath issues?

Hi there, thank you very much for your suggestion. We will photograph the color card before Aurora GB starts and will publish them to you.

[Ckeeb]

Is the pcb for Ikki68 V1 compatible with v2? and vice versa???

Hi there, the Aurora V1 PCB is not compatible with the Aurora V2 PCB.

[GMKClassicRed]

Will the Aurora V1 aluminum top case, fit the Aurora V2?

[aicyborg]

There are a lot of colours on offer here. Can you please talk about what steps have been taken to ensure accurate colour matching from renders to the real boards, in order to avoid a repeat of the Ikki68 R2's Winter Breath issues?

Hi there, thank you very much for your suggestion. We will photograph the color card before Aurora GB starts and will publish them to you.

Is that different to what happened with Winter Breath? If I recall correctly the pre-production samples were fine, but then the productions units which buyers received weren't the same colour as the pre-production samples. A lot of the buyers of that colourway were upset by that issue, so it's in everyone's best interests to ensure it doesn't happen again. You should do more than just a colour card to ensure accuracy to renders on this, please.

[Ckeeb]

Will the Aurora V1 aluminum top case, fit the Aurora V2?

Yes!

[Ckeeb]

There are a lot of colours on offer here. Can you please talk about what steps have been taken to ensure accurate colour matching from renders to the real boards, in order to avoid a repeat of the Ikki68 R2's Winter Breath issues?

Hi there, thank you very much for your suggestion. We will photograph the color card before Aurora GB starts and will publish them to you.

Is that different to what happened with Winter Breath? If I recall correctly the pre-production samples were fine, but then the productions units which buyers received weren't the same colour as the pre-production samples. A lot of the buyers of that colourway were upset by that issue, so it's in everyone's best interests to ensure it doesn't happen again. You should do more than just a colour card to ensure accuracy to renders on this, please.

sure, we will and thank you so much

[Caaandooo]

Will the pcbs and plates compatible with r1 and r2? Sorry just read the thread. Not compatible - thank you