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ULTIMATE ISO By TapTap
IC form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA7Q8fVn5hPUKKtZAZWnFie2hjRMRg0y2i9O5UKey0zn3EaA/viewform)
Discord Server (https://discord.gg/nsfAmKy7Jn)
Ultimate ISO is a gasket-mounted stacked acrylic 40% keyboard with 4 ISO enters for those people who need more than one enter on their keyboard for whatever reason.
Features:
- Made out of high quality perspex acrylic
- 5 degree typing angle
- Laser-cut Feet
- Custom daughterboard for easy assembly
- Centered USB-C port
- Poron gasket-mounted plate
- South-facing PCB with 5 pin support designed by me
- Underglow breakout for addressable LEDs
- Planned support for QMK, Via and Vial firmwares
- Weighs about 800 grams without the additional metal back weight
Backstory:
A friend of mine made this layout as a joke in a discord server. We then played around with that idea and made up the final layout options. Because I had nothing to do (and wanted to procrastinate studying for my exams), I started making that meme into an actual keyboard for fun over the past 2 months or so. I totally didn't spend way too much of my time on this.
Case options:
Base keyboard:
- Stacked acrylic case in one of 3 colours (all frosted): Transparent, Grey and Azure blue.
- A soldered or kailh hotswap (fixed layout) PCB
- A FR4 or polycarbonate plate (might consider more options)
Add-Ons:
- Extra PCB in either hotswap or soldered variant
- Extra plate
- Extra gasket strips
Metal Weight Add-on:
There will be an option to purchase an additional weight (put in place of the acrylic backpiece) made out of brass.
Weight Render:
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrykf03/ultimate-iso/master/Pictures/With%20Logo/Weight/Weight.jpg)
Layouts:
Hotswap:
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrykf03/ultimate-iso/master/Pictures/Layouts/hs-new.png)
Soldered:
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrykf03/ultimate-iso/master/Pictures/Layouts/solder.png)
Pricing:
The current target price for the base keyboard is 100£/140$.
Color Swatches:
The colors of the cases have been finalized:
Pictures: More
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Updated the blue due to availability
Updates:- The third colour will be
azure blue Arctic blue (changed due to availability) - Prototypes Have been ordered
- We now have North America and Canada vendors!
- Changed the design to be easier to manufacture. Expect new renders soon
- Weight will be brass since 60% of people that filled in the IC form voted for that option
- Updated Gmk Enter to Pbt enter, Removed Bae and added BoW
- Updated Hotswap pcb
- Added Eloquent clicks as EU vendor finally
Vendors:
UK: KeebCats
EU: Eloquent Clicks
NA: KeebsForAll
CA: Ashkeebs
Asia: TBD
OCE: TBD
Please contact if interested.
Q&A:
Q: Why
A: Why not?
Q: Is this a meme?
A: No.
Deskmat:
TBA
Renders:
Big thanks to Frostykoala for making these renders:
https://gmknightlight.com (https://www.instagram.com/keebsbyfrosty)
https://instagram.com/keebsbyfrosty (https://www.instagram.com/keebsbyfrosty)
Frosted: More
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrykf03/ultimate-iso/master/Pictures/With%20Logo/Frosted/1.jpg)
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Tinted Froted: More
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrykf03/ultimate-iso/master/Pictures/With%20Logo/Tinted/1.jpg)
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Design information: More
Pcb
Hotswap
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrykf03/ultimate-iso/master/Pictures/DesignPics/hs.png)
Soldered
(http://]https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrykf03/ultimate-iso/master/Pictures/DesignPics/solder.png)
Case internals
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrykf03/ultimate-iso/master/Pictures/DesignPics/Top.png)
Plate (May be changed in the future)
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrykf03/ultimate-iso/master/Pictures/DesignPics/Plate.png)
Side view
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrykf03/ultimate-iso/master/Pictures/DesignPics/Side.png)
Open source:
The case files and the plate files will be provided after the GB has shipped.
The pcb gerbers and manufacturing files will be provided too.
PBT Enter:
This is an initial idea of the PBT Enter set that will be an optional add-on sold alongside to the keyboard
Big thanks to Dudeship for rendering these
Updates
These are now going to be made out PBT and not GMK
Added BoW set
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrykf03/ultimate-iso/master/Pictures/PBT_ENTER/PBT_ENTER_BEIGE.png)
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Current Todo list:
Wait for prototypes
Sort out vendors
Start GB
Acknowledgements:
Firstly, big thanks from the lovely people in the KeebCats discord server for helping me out with this during various stages of the design and putting up with me in general (sorry Drunken).
Another big thank you to Kawesky and Sj for some feedback and being nice dudes.
Also thanks to Noah for proofreading this.