TITAN65 Vendor Group Buy, Design by Phase Studio
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Hey guys, we finally made it to GB!
If you're seeing this project for the first time, we are two designers in Toronto, Canada.
The name Titan comes from one of Saturns moons.
With this design, we wanted to try and get away from the straight cut sides.
The Titan65 has features such as RGB backlighting with the hotswap option, or more layout options with the solderable PCB option. The board will be sold by 4 vendors. Deskhero for Canada, Kono for the US, CandyKeys for the EU and iLumkb for Asia.
Alexotos checked out the board, you can see his thoughts on it below, as well as a sound test. I have my own sound tests posted, but I'm not as talented with microphone settings.
Alexotos Build
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/939412078 (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/939412078)
Hyperlapse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyuC7x5wrY4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyuC7x5wrY4)
Geekhack Interest Check Thread
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=107721.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=107721.0)
Updates
- Jan 20 - PCB Fabrication started, order sorting is next!
- Oct 14 - We have changed the brass finish, this is resulting in darker brass colour. More info regarding this is on our discord. Overall quality is better. The previous finish wasn't passing QC. Scalability issues.
- Aug 25 - Severe delays on the PCB orders actually going through. New PCB photos are in the discord if people are interested.
- Jul 27 - Some manufacturing photos being posted on Discord, might be getting a video montage of the process!
- Jun 24 - Orders have been put in. Manufacturing started.
- May 26 - Vendors getting in contact with manufacturers this week for everything except PCBs. Held up by COVID for PCBs.
- May 11 - Some other prototypes ordered to check one last thing. All units will be ordered after that.
- May 4 - Preparing to order boards from the manufacturer. Ironing out some details.
- April 26th - Group buy will be closing on the 30th!
- April 8th - Plate files available by the end of the month on the discord. Will have multiple variants.
- April 2nd - All vendors live, MOQ on cases reached!
- April 1st - Group Buy Live, little bit delayed for some vendors
Sound Tests so far:
(https://i.imgur.com/jlsTslT.png)
Titan65 InfoLayoutsHotswap
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/736269839353774150/772599738872758302/keyboard-layout.jpg)
Solderable
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/736269839353774150/826501300211810365/keyboard-layout.png)
GB DateApril 1st - April 30th
GB StyleUnlimited, 24hr sale, one-month full price
VendorsCanada - Deskhero.ca
America - Kono.store
Europe - CandyKeys
Asia - ILUMKB
PriceAluminum Kit
$334 USD + Shipping (Rest of month)
Brass Base Kit
$379 + Shipping(rest of month)
Typing Angle7°
WeightAlu or Brass
1.35kg (2.97lbs) / 2.35kg (5.18lbs)
Colour OptionsWhite, Black
Other colour options unfortunately cancelled due to an increase in material, labour and pool cost. Case MaterialAlu
Mounting StyleTop Mount, Isolated
Plate OptionsAlu (Hotswap or Soldered option)
PCBPCB Mounted Stabs
5 Pin Switches
Hotswap/Soldered
Per-Key RGB (RGB only on Hotswap)
QMK
Unified C3 Daughterboard
Kit will include:
- Case
- Plate (Hotswap/Soldered)
- Base (Brass/Alu)
- Silicone Strips
- M2 and M3 Screws w/ Allen Keys
- PCB (Hotswap/Soldered)
- Unified C3 Daughterboard
(https://i.imgur.com/qZt5x1b.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3ooN4I4.jpg)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/741868430470152293/813570273525235782/Keyboard.png)
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Community Discord Link (https://discord.gg/NmsXyGw)
Final Colours for GB, Only Black + White
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(https://i.imgur.com/Uxibjd1.png)
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