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Funky60 Group Buy
Product Page (https://www.pikatea.com/products/funky60) | Discord Server (https://www.pikatea.com/discord) | Full Image Album (https://imgur.com/a/PcR2uPB)
Background
Hello everyone! Jack from Pikatea here. About 8 Months ago I designed a keyboard with this funky layout. I personally really like it and use it daily. I realized that the layout might not be for everyone so I made some design decisions to allow for multiple layouts at a very reasonable price. Thank you everyone along the way that have helped bring this to group buy.
Inspiration and Design Language
The design language of the board is obviously very simple. The full bottom weight helps to bring heft and break up the simplicity. You'll notice the weight provides a slight angle change too.
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JST connectors connect the matrix board and the MCU board together. The board is entirely thru-hole to keep the price of each individual layout low.
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Group Buy Info
* Base Price: $195 USD
* GB open: February 16th 2023 to March 16th 2023
* Estimated Fulfillment: Q4 2023
* Case colors: E-White, Black, Grey, Deep Blue and Red
* Weight options: coated or un-coated
* Layout options: base price of $195 includes 1 soldered layout. Additional layouts can be added for $15-25 USD. You can bundle all 4 layouts for a discount. Hotswap variants are an extra $10 per layout
Specs
* Case: 6063 aluminum in E-White, Grey, Black, Dark Blue, or Red
* Weight: coated or un-coated sandblasted brass
* Plates: FR4, Aluminum, or Poly-carbonate
* Mounting: O-rings or gaskets. Kit comes with O-rings
* PCB: Through hole kit daughterboard, through hole kit matrix board
* Supported Layouts: Funky, Normal, Alice 40 and Ortho slant
* Dampening: Included Polyfil and optional plate foam addon
* Typing Angle: 7.3 Degrees
* Dimensions: 310m x 110mm x 35mm (22mm front height, 32 mm back height)
* Weight: About 3.7 Lbs assembled
* Firmware QMK, VIA, Vial compatible - pre-compiled for Vial
* Carrying Case Included
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Full Image Album (https://imgur.com/a/PcR2uPB)
Typing and Sound Test
Apologies for the trash quality. Audio really isn't my thing.
* Funky60 Layout
* Everglide V3 Aqua King switches
* GMK seirka R2
* No Foam
* Normal Layout
* Zaku Switches
* GMK Kaiju
* No Foam
Product Page (https://www.pikatea.com/products/funky60)
Discord Server (https://www.pikatea.com/discord)
Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/pikateacompany/)
Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/JackPikatea)
Planned Builds
- Dutchmasterw (https://www.twitch.tv/dutchmasterw)
- Lightning Keyboards (https://www.twitch.tv/lightningkeyboards)
- Nainaigogo (https://www.twitch.tv/nainaigogo)
- Georen (https://www.twitch.tv/georen)
- Disastertron (https://www.twitch.tv/disastertron)