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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Mine on Tue, 15 April 2025, 22:09:05

Title: Let's discusscapacitive keyboards that are being crowdfunded，an amount of $89
Post by: Mine on Tue, 15 April 2025, 22:09:05: There are two electrostatic capacitive keyboards on the crowdfunding platform
one of which is $109, why is it so cheap
Does anyone have more information, one of them is a metal case, can the electrostatic capacitive keyboard work properly in the metal case?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ecphor/ecphor-e75-75-electrostatic-capacitive-keyboard
Title: Re: Two electrocapacitive keyboards that are being crowdfunded
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 19 April 2025, 08:44:21: Why does this need to be crowd funded at all?

This is just advertising to capitalize on the "microbrew" attitude popular with young hipsters.
Title: Re: Two electrocapacitive keyboards that are being crowdfunded
Post by: Mine on Sat, 19 April 2025, 21:26:40: Maybe, but it doesn't matter, I like this keyboard design in metal very much, it's the best industrial-designed electrostatic capacitive keyboard I've ever seen, I want to buy both and try both, but one of them didn't see more information and didn't know what switch to use.
Title: Re: Two electrocapacitive keyboards that are being crowdfunded
Post by: Mine on Mon, 21 April 2025, 08:50:53: This keyboard has updated the page, the price has been changed to $89, is there anyone to discuss this keyboard together
Title: Re: Let's discusscapacitive keyboards that are being crowdfunded，an amount of $89
Post by: Mine on Tue, 01 July 2025, 08:12:25: I noticed that this keyboard started crowdfunding yesterday, and here are some updated photos. Is anyone interested? It seems to offer other PCB layout options; I saw both 60% and 87% PCBs. The link says it can provide DIY CAD drawings. Is it difficult to DIY a capacitive keyboard?
Title: Re: Let's discusscapacitive keyboards that are being crowdfunded，an amount of $89
Post by: Rob27shred on Tue, 01 July 2025, 19:34:09: Quote from: Mine on Tue, 01 July 2025, 08:12:25
I noticed that this keyboard started crowdfunding yesterday, and here are some updated photos. Is anyone interested? It seems to offer other PCB layout options; I saw both 60% and 87% PCBs. The link says it can provide DIY CAD drawings. Is it difficult to DIY a capacitive keyboard?

You be much better off going with a true custom that has EC internals, which there has been a ton of lately & thanks to Cipulot there is even TKL & 60% EC PCBs that fit a ton of customs. Then TBH Niz's EC components are pretty meh IME compared to OEM, Deskeys, KLC, or Dynacap. That's honestly why you're not seeing much discussion over this, also the fact Niz is crowfunding seems a bit sus too. They have already released a ton of plastic EC boards & even a few metal ones. Can't see any reason a company like them should be crowdfunding.