We were memeing around in Discord today and somehow decided to make a super-cheap Planck-sized keyboard kit for the heck of it. This went from meme idea to reality in less than four hours. Here it is.
Link to IC: https://goo.gl/forms/hpdLHCvL35Baw9Jl1Cartel and its affiliates present to you:
Danck - The hella low cost Planck.
Just a PCB and a bottom plate (also PCB material), the bare minimum for a functional keyboard.
Features:
- 2U or split space.
- All through-hole parts. 48x diodes, 1x Pro Micro.
- Assembled with M2 standoffs and screws.
- Programmable via QMK.
- Nothing fancy. A very nice way to try out some switches, enjoy some DIY, or to test out ortho keyboards.
- Random crapposts/memes on the bottom of the PCB. Easily hidden when the kit is assembled, if they're not your thing. If you have a suggestion for another (acceptable) meme to add to the board, there's an option on the IC form to submit some.
Pics/PCB renders:
Top of PCB
Bottom of PCB
Bottom of base plate - can be flipped to hide logo. Reset hole(s) are added, just not in this pic.
Price: Sub-$30 USD before shipping - possible price breaks at 25 and 50 MOQ
Actual GB will be hosted on cartel.ltd.