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Title: [IC] Dyad TKL & Pad
Post by: SumJoy on Thu, 26 March 2026, 12:15:25

Hello everyone/你好
It’s been a while, dumboy here.
Fulfillment for the first chapter, Début: Diversity, was completed last year. Thanks to your incredible support, everything went according to plan. And the keeb gained a lot of compliments. Nearly a year has passed since the Diversity IC:re. It is finally time to move forward and unveil what’s behind the next curtain.
Here it is, scene 1: Dyad.
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Exploded view
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Specifications
Layout: F12 TKL
Mounting: Plate oring
Size: 359.61 mm * 136.01 mm (TKL) / 88.15 mm * 136.01 mm (Pad)
Weight(Unbuilt): 2.52kg (TKL) / 0.55kg (Pad)
Front height: 18.90mm (TKL&Pad)
EKH: 23.76mm (TKL&Pad)
Typing angle: 7°
Manufacturer: STR


Color options
Black and silver are confirmed, other three colors will be voted in keyspensory dc channel.
Black
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Match with GMK Tokyo Nights


Silver
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Match with GMK Müt


PC
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Match with GMK Finer Things


Cyan
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Match with GMK Analog Dreams R2


Sand
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Match with my friend's design Jazz


Pink
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Match with GMK Hooty


Blue
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Match with GMK Gorp


Purple
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Match with GMK Lavender


Layouts
Soldering: F12/F13, split backspace, stepped capslock, ansi/iso enter, split left shift, split right shift, 6.25u/7u
Hotswap: Split backspace, Stepped capslock
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Plates
Default plate is black alu, black PP/black CF/yellow PEI is optional
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The rendering is 7u ansi only, the plate in GB will be more compatible.


PCBs
Default is 1.6mm soldering PCB, 1.6mm howswap/0.8mm soldering is optional.
Soldering
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Hotswap
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What's inside?
TKL:
1.Delivery box * 1
2.Carrying bag * 1
3.Keyboard cloth * 1
4.Case * 1
5.Plate * 1
6.PCB * 1
7.Oring * 2
8.Foams * 1
9.Daughter board * 1
10. Bumpon * 6
11. Screws * n
12. Manual * 1

Pad:
1.Delivery box * 1
2.Keyboard cloth * 1
3.Case * 1
4.Plate * 1
5.PCB * 1
6.Oring * 2
7.Foams * 1
8.Daughter board * 1
9. Bumpon * 6
10. Screws * n
11. Manual * 1


Typing test
This is a simple proto from JLC, and more photos and videos of protos from dds will be updated here.
【Dyad proto typing test】 (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1hXwBzEEBx/?share_source=copy_web&vd_source=7c43928d664d70363a5c3f7fe483e4b5)


Estimate price
Around $390(TKL)
Extra PCB/plate price will be listed on GB
MOQ: 100
Delivery time: within 5 months once GB ends (depends on the orders)


Estimate GB time
Around 2026.5.15
International: keyspensory (https://keyspensory.store)
Some regional vendors will be announced later.

Links
Discord (https://discord.gg/EudCBnsDuT)
Title: Re: [IC] Dyad TKL
Post by: Panez on Thu, 26 March 2026, 16:34:52
Let's go mah man! Diversity was fire.
Title: Re: [IC] Dyad TKL
Post by: KeyMaze on Thu, 26 March 2026, 22:35:05
Cyan one is so beautiful!
Title: Re: [IC] Dyad TKL
Post by: schizobovine on Fri, 27 March 2026, 08:18:10
Love my Diversity and totally in for one of these! :D
Title: Re: [IC] Dyad TKL
Post by: F.Helmet on Fri, 27 March 2026, 23:56:54
Diversity TKL was the banger for me last year, I'm in for the new design  :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] Dyad TKL
Post by: SumJoy on Thu, 02 April 2026, 22:54:23
Update:
change the manu to str, and the price will fall to around $390(TKL) since we'll make a good deal with str.
and all the colors above will be made
hoping start the GB in mid May.
Title: Re: [IC] Dyad TKL
Post by: EdgeOfInfinity on Thu, 09 April 2026, 16:35:27
liking the design, minus the bottom text (plz remove ;)).

will the additional color options be ano or e-coat? glwic!
Title: Re: [IC] Dyad TKL
Post by: xyzzy42 on Thu, 09 April 2026, 22:08:55
Will it run QMK?  I didn't see anything about firmware.
Title: Re: [IC] Dyad TKL
Post by: SumJoy on Fri, 10 April 2026, 07:19:05
liking the design, minus the bottom text (plz remove ;)).

will the additional color options be ano or e-coat? glwic!

oh, plan to do ano, hoping the mane will make the colors correct
Title: Re: [IC] Dyad TKL
Post by: SumJoy on Fri, 10 April 2026, 07:20:22
Will it run QMK?  I didn't see anything about firmware.

yeah, QMK powered and vial supported
Title: Re: [IC] Dyad TKL
Post by: blondie on Fri, 10 April 2026, 12:13:20
Why is this called TKL when I see ten keys in all of the photos?
Title: Re: [IC] Dyad TKL
Post by: xyzzy42 on Fri, 10 April 2026, 13:02:38
yeah, QMK powered and vial supported

Will source code be made available, as is required for QMK license?

I ask because I can not find anything for Diversity TKL, your previous project.  I don't see anything named Diversity in QMK repo.  There is nothing in VIAL repo for diversity.  It's not in the VIA supported keyboards list.  I can't find even find firmware binary or via json file online.
Title: Re: [IC] Dyad TKL
Post by: SumJoy on Sat, 11 April 2026, 09:08:55
Why is this called TKL when I see ten keys in all of the photos?

Okay, got u. Modified the title just now.
Title: Re: [IC] Dyad TKL
Post by: SumJoy on Sat, 11 April 2026, 09:12:31
yeah, QMK powered and vial supported

Will source code be made available, as is required for QMK license?

I ask because I can not find anything for Diversity TKL, your previous project.  I don't see anything named Diversity in QMK repo.  There is nothing in VIAL repo for diversity.  It's not in the VIA supported keyboards list.  I can't find even find firmware binary or via json file online.

Okay, I'll make the firmware open-sourced in keyspensory's dc channel first once the GB is over. As for Diversity, I made it open-sourced in the dc channel already.
Title: Re: [IC] Dyad TKL & Pad
Post by: kenny_25 on Sat, 25 April 2026, 01:06:30
the goat Sumjoy, lets go! Lovely design