Post by: walletburner on Mon, 30 September 2019, 19:21:36
Hey Geekhack,
Group-Buy for the Neuron is Closed. The GB was open from October 1st until November 1st, 2019. All valid entries to the GB form received an invoice. Additionally, one (1) RNG-selected order will receive a GOLDEN TICKET! If you are the recipient of this GOLDEN TICKET, your entire order will be refunded. If you're the lucky order, all you have to do is post a picture of your ticket on Reddit, Geekhack, Instagram, etc. and tag me in the post to verify. The expected turnaround is 3 months without unanticipated delays. Prices, pictures, and features can be found below. Thanks for reading!
Prototype Pictures:
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Sound Tests:
Anodizing Color Renders:
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Anodizing Sample Pictures:
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Above L to R: Drank, Cool Ranch, Space Grey, Gamer Grrl. Bushido Red requires more tweaking, and the picture above in the render is most accurate to what I want to achieve.
Standard Plate Supported Layouts:
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Features:
- 2.5 degree polycarbonate or anodized aluminum case. Same price. (No separate top and bottom piece: all one piece.)
- Top-mount plate available in sandblasted brass, polycarbonate plate, or 3mm acrylic for the same price.
- 5mm thick sandblasted brass weight with NEURON engraving.
- QMK-compatible black PCB designed by Worldspawn; on-board atmega with USB-C.
- Standard plate supports full-size 6.25u space or 2.25u/2.75u split space layouts. No ortho on the standard plate or PCB.
- By popular request, an optional ortho plate is available for +$40. Compatible with the Niu Mini and Panc40 Anconda PCBs (provide your own). Ortho plate layouts here: https://imgur.com/a/7WwgNnZ (https://imgur.com/a/7WwgNnZ)
- No LEDs. No in-switch or RGB. Sorry gamers.
- Aluminum case weights ~2lbs 7oz built, Polycarbonate version weights ~1 lb 15oz built.
Prices:
- Full Kit $229.99/ea + tax (if applicable) and shipping. Choice of PC or Aluminum case. Choice of sandblasted brass, polycarbonate, or 3mm acrylic plate. No price difference for material choice.
- US shipping is $20 flat rate. International shipping will be estimated on a case-by-case basis.
- Sandblasted brass ortho plates available for $40/ea.
- Additional plates are $40/ea.
- Additional PCBs are $30/ea.
- EVA foam inserts for between PCB and plate for $15/ea. These only fit the staggered plate.
Post-GB Updates:
- GB Closed at midnight on Nov. 1st. 102 orders with paid invoices. Thanks for all the support!
- Final PCB assembly and CNC factory quotes requested on Nov 3rd, with payment to follow after final tallies with extras are calculated.
- Factory paid on Nov 6th, with an earliest shipping estimate of December 30th. This means Neurons should be shipping to customers in January.
- Confirmed with factory during the last week of November that production is going smoothly, and we should be on track for a late December to early January shipping from the factory, followed by QC and shipping on my end, then boards out to everyone in late January.
- Shipping notification on PCBs received 12/5/2019. PCBs should be here next week, then QC to follow.
- PC cases almost done machining, then on to the finishing and the aluminum cases. Still on track from CNC factory.
- PCBs received 12/9/19, QC underway.
- 12/18/19: PC cases done machining and on to finishing. Aluminum cases are being anodized. PCBs are working perfectly; will flash all of them with a default layout after the holidays. Acrylic plates and EVA foam inserts are cut and arrived this morning. Everything still on track for a January ship date to customers. Smooth sailing so far.
- 12/31/19: Polycarbonate cases and plates are completed, but brass weights and plates are still undergoing finishing and machining. Aluminum cases are all machined and undergoing anodizing now.
- 1/14/20: CNC parts have shipped from the factory! Awaiting receipt in the US, followed by QC and packing.
- 1/21/20: First of packages received. QC and sorting will continue this week into the weekend, followed by packing and shipping over the next week(s).
- 1/23/20: All parts counted and sorted, and everything appears here. First pass QC done on parts and they look fantastic. Will start final QC and packing this weekend. Next update will likely be when they ship.
- 2/6/20: First wave of packages went out today! Will be shipping over the next week at the rate I can double-check and pack the boxes. Domestic orders will go out first, followed by international orders.
- 2/21/20: Shipping is complete to domestic and international orders! Check your PayPal emails for tracking information. PM me if you run into any issues. Thanks for your support!!!
Post by: LightningXI on Wed, 02 October 2019, 14:23:26
Post by: walletburner on Wed, 02 October 2019, 14:26:33
Not the form-factor for me, but this is a pretty neat board with a solid aesthetic. GLWGB!
Thanks man, I appreciate it!
Post by: worldspawn on Wed, 02 October 2019, 14:30:38
Post by: sickbabies on Wed, 02 October 2019, 14:30:45
Post by: futurecrime on Wed, 02 October 2019, 14:32:03
Post by: walletburner on Wed, 02 October 2019, 14:36:11
This is a nice looking board. I love how you've worked the weight and case together to keep it down to one alu piece and still retain the top mount plate. Very cool.Thanks! That was definitely a design priority for me. I think it helps with sound and makes the polycarb version look better than 2-piece designs.
Good board, good designer. Can confirm he won't kick you out of his GB for designing a different 40got emm
Post by: sapphyr on Wed, 02 October 2019, 14:37:07
Post by: ottodokto on Wed, 02 October 2019, 14:58:43
Post by: dannyny on Wed, 02 October 2019, 15:07:21
Post by: walletburner on Wed, 02 October 2019, 15:09:48
What's the price of individual cases? I'm seeing the option for PC case + PCB, or Aluminum. I'm guessing that you intended for the first case option to include a PCB regardless of material? Does that mean I can buy another case for it?
The kit price includes 1 case, 1 weight, 1 plate, and 1 pcb. Additional plates, pcbs, ortho plate, and eva foam inserts are available as add-ons, but cases are not available on their own.
Post by: walletburner on Wed, 02 October 2019, 15:19:04
what's the weight of the PC board vs the ALU board? thanks
the polycarbonate version is 1 lb 15 oz w brass plate and keycaps, the aluminum version is 2 lbs 7oz w polycarbonate plate and keycaps. heavy for their size :D
Post by: sapphyr on Wed, 02 October 2019, 15:30:08
Post by: Minterly on Wed, 02 October 2019, 16:26:31
Post by: sapphyr on Wed, 02 October 2019, 16:58:55
the polycarbonate version is 1 lb 15 oz w brass plate and keycaps, the aluminum version is 2 lbs 7oz w polycarbonate plate and keycaps. heavy for their size :D
final question - is there an MOQ for this or just as many as you get before 11/1?
Post by: walletburner on Wed, 02 October 2019, 17:03:12
final question - is there an MOQ for this or just as many as you get before 11/1?
completely open GB :) as many as I receive
Post by: roostrc0gburn on Wed, 02 October 2019, 18:40:44
Post by: walletburner on Wed, 02 October 2019, 21:58:17
How do you type numbers?with layers! using one of my split spacebars i can access numbers punctuation and macros without leaving the alphas. i program on my neuron since i made the prototype :) it isnt for everyone, but i find it really comfortable
Post by: walletburner on Thu, 03 October 2019, 15:20:54
Post by: MMKB on Fri, 04 October 2019, 17:13:52
And "Walletburner" is pretty accurate.
Post by: elli on Fri, 04 October 2019, 18:07:53
Post by: dwarflemur on Fri, 04 October 2019, 20:43:07
Post by: walletburner on Sat, 05 October 2019, 23:36:23
is it possible to change?pm'd and resolved
Post by: idlemao on Wed, 09 October 2019, 07:12:37
Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk
Post by: walletburner on Thu, 10 October 2019, 16:46:44
Placed an order and am excited
hope u like it! im using mine now. (PC w acrylic plate, lubed T1s)
And "Walletburner" is pretty accurate.
i think everyone in this community is a walletburner more or less ;D
this is def one of the best 40s to have come out in awhile, but sadly dont have money ;;;;;;. also u willing to share the pink pantone used to match? owo
thanks! sorry to hear that tho. yeah sure, just PM me.
Post by: nathanchere on Sat, 12 October 2019, 07:11:53
Post by: walletburner on Sun, 13 October 2019, 17:56:24
Curious why you chose acrylic over PC för your daily driver plate?
Just preference; the acrylic has an intermediate amount of flex compared to the PC, and I prefer that for tactile switches.
Post by: neon_tom on Sat, 19 October 2019, 10:28:35
Post by: walletburner on Sat, 19 October 2019, 10:39:18
Really nice looking board but I’m curious to know if the bottom supports countersunk screws? Based on the images, it looks like a no.Good eye. Yes! All the bottom screws are counterbored, and while I used taller button screws for the prototype in the pictures, the production run screws are flatter M2s. There are also sunk holes for the bumpons in the corners on the production Neuron too, so it sits on a mm or two of rubber cushioning, not on its screw heads.
Post by: neon_tom on Sat, 19 October 2019, 10:51:03
Good eye. Yes! All the bottom screws are counterbored, and while I used taller button screws for the prototype in the pictures, the production run screws are flatter M2s. There are also sunk holes for the bumpons in the corners on the production Neuron too, so it sits on a mm or two of rubber cushioning, not on its screw heads.
That’s awesome to hear. Now I guess I have no excuse not to buy one!
Post by: walletburner on Sun, 27 October 2019, 12:26:26
Post by: Kistler125 on Mon, 02 December 2019, 04:22:24
Post by: walletburner on Mon, 02 December 2019, 10:22:26
Do you anticipate any extras being available for purchase?
Yes! I ordered more extras than I anticipate needing for B-stocks (20 boards), and the extras will be sold off. Any B-stocks will be labeled as such. PC and Alu in all colors should be available, barring some act of god or an absurdly high B-stock rate.
Post by: Kistler125 on Mon, 02 December 2019, 23:25:16
Post by: NoxNoxNox on Sat, 07 December 2019, 18:43:07
Post by: walletburner on Sun, 08 December 2019, 10:10:59
Still looking at January for these?
Yup, no change in ship date from the factory. PCBs should be here Monday. Working on ways to make QC and packing time as efficient as possible, but yes, late January shipping seems totally reasonable at this time. :D
Post by: walletburner on Tue, 14 January 2020, 10:20:34
Post by: Norato on Thu, 16 January 2020, 00:26:23
Post by: walletburner on Sun, 19 January 2020, 13:00:23
Will there be PC extras :)
definitely. i ordered ~20% more Neurons than i needed in case of b-stocks. there should be ~10 PC extras on sale after QC and the GB orders go out, which will be sold on my new site, https://www.walletburner.co (https://www.walletburner.co). the cases/weights/plates are in town as of yesterday, so they should be delivered tomorrow or tuesday. that means the total turnaround for the GB will be around 3 months on the dot for domestic customers, and a tad longer for international customers depending on the postal service. not bad for a first run.
Post by: NoxNoxNox on Sun, 02 February 2020, 17:36:37
Post by: walletburner on Sun, 02 February 2020, 22:19:00
Any update on the timeline for these shipping out?
Yes!
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Here are half of the orders, QC'd and boxed, ready to go out later this week as domestic orders ship. The quality on this run is superb. A change in my shipping method required ordering some new packing supplies for domestic orders and caused a temporary delay, but I have everything figured out now and I will start sending out boards on a rolling basis this week. Domestic shipments will go out first, followed by international orders. This means the total turnaround for the board should be ~3.5 months or so for US customers and a tad longer for international customers, depending on their postal service/customs.
Post by: gurdenc on Wed, 05 February 2020, 01:12:43
Post by: walletburner on Wed, 05 February 2020, 11:54:37
are there any extras, perchance, or will there be a round 2 in due time?
definitely extras, possibly an R2 some time after Cajal. i will announce extras being available here and on 40% discord when they're ready :)
Post by: walletburner on Thu, 06 February 2020, 20:52:21
Post by: noorejji on Fri, 07 February 2020, 00:56:39
Post by: chriszhu on Fri, 07 February 2020, 08:41:35
Post by: 3 on Thu, 13 February 2020, 09:58:42
Thanks Walletburner :D
Post by: walletburner on Fri, 14 February 2020, 11:25:59
Post by: ehagerty on Fri, 14 February 2020, 12:06:44
Post by: walletburner on Fri, 14 February 2020, 12:18:42
Take it easy Walletburner, we only get one spine and I can tell you tat at 50 I can feel all the stupid stuff I did to it at 20!
putting my money on adamantium spines by 2045
Post by: walletburner on Sat, 22 February 2020, 11:37:09
Post by: Jahakob on Sat, 22 February 2020, 14:39:26
I am eagerly awaiting mine :)
Post by: walletburner on Sat, 22 February 2020, 16:25:51
Post by: mxgian99 on Mon, 24 February 2020, 14:16:36
Post by: MMKB on Mon, 24 February 2020, 15:52:23
for anyone reading this, Walletburner is a man of his word, thanks for running this awesome promotion, i bought my Neuron on the last day and was one of the last domestic orders shipped, but found the golden ticket.
Do you have more pictures of your Neuron? I love how the 6.25u spacebar looks on 40% even though it's off centered.
Post by: walletburner on Tue, 25 February 2020, 14:59:26
for anyone reading this, Walletburner is a man of his word, thanks for running this awesome promotion, i bought my Neuron on the last day and was one of the last domestic orders shipped, but found the golden ticket.
Glad you found it!!!! Full refund issued as promised. Have a wonderful day and enjoy your Neuron!
Post by: walletburner on Mon, 02 March 2020, 14:19:14
Post by: tex_live_utility on Mon, 30 March 2020, 10:04:52
However I have one complaint about my Neuron: I don't like the way the spacebars are split :confused:
You already shared the plate file, so I can easily get my own plate cut for a different layout. But if I had the outline of the PCB, I could make a compatible PCB that supports my desired layout. Obviously I could measure the board and do it myself, but it would be nice to use the same outline if possible. Better still, if you're willing to share the PCB file that would save me quite a bit of work.
Is that something you'd be willing to share, and if so would you be willing to condone a small 3rd-party group buy for them?
Post by: walletburner on Mon, 30 March 2020, 10:15:26
However I have one complaint about my Neuron: I don't like the way the spacebars are split :confused:
it supports full spacebar too if you don't like split..
You already shared the plate file, so I can easily get my own plate cut for a different layout. But if I had the outline of the PCB, I could make a compatible PCB that supports my desired layout. Obviously I could measure the board and do it myself, but it would be nice to use the same outline if possible. Better still, if you're willing to share the PCB file that would save me quite a bit of work.
Is that something you'd be willing to share, and if so would you be willing to condone a small 3rd-party group buy for them?
I'm not interested in sharing the PCB files, but The_Royal has already open-sourced the Schwann, an aftermarket ortho PCB with RGB underglow for Neuron, so I'm sure you can find everything you need to make a Neuron compatible PCB here: https://github.com/TheRoyalSweatshirt/The_Royal_Projects/tree/schwann/PCBs/Schwann_PCB (https://github.com/TheRoyalSweatshirt/The_Royal_Projects/tree/schwann/PCBs/Schwann_PCB) . As long as the port is between Esc and Q and it's smaller than the plate outline it should work.
Post by: tex_live_utility on Wed, 01 April 2020, 17:24:16
However I have one complaint about my Neuron: I don't like the way the spacebars are split :confused:
it supports full spacebar too if you don't like split..
You already shared the plate file, so I can easily get my own plate cut for a different layout. But if I had the outline of the PCB, I could make a compatible PCB that supports my desired layout. Obviously I could measure the board and do it myself, but it would be nice to use the same outline if possible. Better still, if you're willing to share the PCB file that would save me quite a bit of work.
Is that something you'd be willing to share, and if so would you be willing to condone a small 3rd-party group buy for them?
I'm not interested in sharing the PCB files, but The_Royal has already open-sourced the Schwann, an aftermarket ortho PCB with RGB underglow for Neuron, so I'm sure you can find everything you need to make a Neuron compatible PCB here: https://github.com/TheRoyalSweatshirt/The_Royal_Projects/tree/schwann/PCBs/Schwann_PCB (https://github.com/TheRoyalSweatshirt/The_Royal_Projects/tree/schwann/PCBs/Schwann_PCB) . As long as the port is between Esc and Q and it's smaller than the plate outline it should work.
That helps, thank you. My issue with the split is not that it exists, it's just in a bad place for me. I'll fire Up Kicad and see what I can do, or maybe a JD40 works.
Post by: CYFX on Wed, 01 April 2020, 22:18:45
That being said, does anyone have either an image of the default Neuron config layout, or maybe have a config file that I could take a look at and test and then modify to my liking? Before the Neuron GB channel was taken down from the 40% discord a lot of people were sharing their configs and images of their layouts, but I didnt get a chance to pull any of them down.
Any help with this is greatly appreciated.
Post by: That_One_Brodie on Thu, 02 April 2020, 00:33:51
Finally built my Neuron and this thing is great. This is the 3rd 40% Ive ever owned but Ive never really been patient enough to learn the new layout. I really want to try with this one though.
That being said, does anyone have either an image of the default Neuron config layout, or maybe have a config file that I could take a look at and test and then modify to my liking? Before the Neuron GB channel was taken down from the 40% discord a lot of people were sharing their configs and images of their layouts, but I didnt get a chance to pull any of them down.
Any help with this is greatly appreciated.
DM'd you. I have the Default hex file. I can send it to you.
Post by: tex_live_utility on Thu, 02 April 2020, 07:11:17
Finally built my Neuron and this thing is great. This is the 3rd 40% Ive ever owned but Ive never really been patient enough to learn the new layout. I really want to try with this one though.
That being said, does anyone have either an image of the default Neuron config layout, or maybe have a config file that I could take a look at and test and then modify to my liking? Before the Neuron GB channel was taken down from the 40% discord a lot of people were sharing their configs and images of their layouts, but I didnt get a chance to pull any of them down.
Any help with this is greatly appreciated.
I just put the Via hex on mine. Made it easier to iterate on a layout that I liked.
Post by: CYFX on Thu, 02 April 2020, 20:15:32
Finally built my Neuron and this thing is great. This is the 3rd 40% Ive ever owned but Ive never really been patient enough to learn the new layout. I really want to try with this one though.
That being said, does anyone have either an image of the default Neuron config layout, or maybe have a config file that I could take a look at and test and then modify to my liking? Before the Neuron GB channel was taken down from the 40% discord a lot of people were sharing their configs and images of their layouts, but I didnt get a chance to pull any of them down.
Any help with this is greatly appreciated.
I just put the Via hex on mine. Made it easier to iterate on a layout that I liked.
Thanks for pointing that out, I just noticed that the Neuron was updated with VIA support. I just flashed the via hex today, took me forever to figure out why VIA did see my Neuron. I just had to install the latest version of VIA and boom there it was.
Ill mess around with the layout and see what suites me best. Was just hoping to find a good base to start with.
Post by: hayt on Sat, 25 July 2020, 19:40:02
(https://i.imgur.com/RIdIGbL.jpg)
Post by: walletburner on Sat, 25 July 2020, 20:08:20
Happy with how mine turned out :)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/RIdIGbL.jpg)
Gorgeous!
I also made the Walletburner Industries Discord today, to form as a central place to discuss my current and future projects and ask for help or find documentation for completed GBs. Come hang out: https://discord.gg/qBs5bRU.