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Title: TKL pcb weight
Post by: bavman on Wed, 19 December 2012, 01:00:39

This might be a long shot, but does someone happen to have a tenkeyless PCB sitting around with no switches/diodes/plates soldered/attached to it?

If you happen and do I would be extremely grateful if you could weight it for me.

Or if you just happen to know, tell me :D

Title: Re: TKL pcb weight
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Wed, 19 December 2012, 01:14:31

Depends which one. CM quickfire is not as dense as Filco, which is not as dense as phantom PCB. I currently have a CM quickfire PCB with nothing but diodes on it, and a phantom PCB that's bare naked. I can get the weight for both of these in a bit.

What do you need the weight for?

Title: Re: TKL pcb weight
Post by: bavman on Wed, 19 December 2012, 01:17:16

Hey thats perfect! I need the phantom weight for the phantom pcb gb. I need to get a good estimate on shipping so I can throw up the GB soon

Title: Re: TKL pcb weight
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Wed, 19 December 2012, 01:45:55

4.64oz

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/th_IMG_1939.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/IMG_1939.jpg)


Have you talked to bpiphany to consider going full SMD with the controller and diodes? Taking out the daughterboard with controller will allow us to have more flexibility with old cases or designing new ones.

Title: Re: TKL pcb weight
Post by: bavman on Wed, 19 December 2012, 02:07:12

Thanks a ton man!

For now we are just running the original PCB. I think it will take bpiphany a while with the new design so thats why we chose to do this now. Heres what he said on DT:

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My goal is to make a new design "Phantom 2" (but I would give it another name) which would use SMD components directly on the board - no Teensy. It would also be made to fit the full size Filco, and be possible to cut dow, or break off, to fit the tenkeyless case. It could possibly be designed to fit other cases as well, depending on if mounting holes can be accommodated or not.

I have also said yes to jdcarpe/bavman to run a second round of the Phantom. I have just barely started designing a new PCB, and the Phantom also fills a function by not requiring any SMD soldering. It will be the exact same board, since those files are already checked and set-up with pcbwing. And it would therefor be the same design revision. I don't think I would bother changing that =)

Title: Re: TKL pcb weight
Post by: TheProfosist on Wed, 19 December 2012, 05:19:38

Please use at least cardboard to keep them stif especially if your not using boxes.

Title: Re: TKL pcb weight
Post by: bavman on Wed, 19 December 2012, 11:08:29

I'm definitely using boxes to ship. It'll cost a little bit more but I know things get thrown around during shipping and I don't want any boards being snapped in half