Trickey: a kickstarter custom keybaord

[thefebruaryman]

Just found this this on kickstarter. Looks interesting. Can't tell what the switches are though.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252587878/trickey-any-key-anywhere?ref=category_featured

[saturnotaku]

$139 for 6 switches? No thank you.

[SpAmRaY]

Reminds me of this https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=48326.0

And did I miss it or did the kickstarter not mention switch type?

[plegnic]

My favorite part is that the example (someone using a drawing tablet) is horrible because that tablet already has 4 software-assignable buttons plus 2 more on the pen. That tablet is not much more expensive than their 6-key keyboard.

Edit: https://store.wacom.com/us/en/product/CTH680/

[thefebruaryman]

$139 for 6 switches? No thank you.

Thats what I thought. Would much rather buy a cheap little switch tester and slap a teensy in it. Shame my electronic skills suck.

[saturnotaku]

Thats what I thought. Would much rather buy a cheap little switch tester and slap a teensy in it. Shame my electronic skills suck

You could probably pay a GH'er with soldering skills and still come out way ahead compared to this.

[thefebruaryman]

Thats what I thought. Would much rather buy a cheap little switch tester and slap a teensy in it. Shame my electronic skills suck

You could probably pay a GH'er with soldering skills and still come out way ahead compared to this.

Wish I had the spare cash but need me a second HHKb pro 2 for home first. One is not enough

[Air tree]

This seems vastly overpriced...

[Puddsy]

how is this $140

i could make something similar for ~10% of that

i might do it too, simply to spite this idiocy

[metalliqaz]

Oh,  God no

[nubbinator]

This seems vastly overpriced...

You just don't understand the R&D costs

[livingspeedbump]

It would cost a fortune to build even a 60% keyboard out of these. In their price range there are so many better options for anything you may use these for. Seems like a huge gimmick to me. Just buy the keyboard or macro pad you need, then play with legos.

[FoC_Tow]

$139 for 6 switches? No thank you.

Thats what I thought. Would much rather buy a cheap little switch tester and slap a teensy in it. Shame my electronic skills suck.

+1 definitely seems way overpriced for 6 switch.

I get that it has the additional build in support to connect multiple, but it seem pretty gimmicky and would get crazy expensive...

[hwood34]

dat price lol

[ideus]

This is either, and expensive toy, or an hilarious joke.

[tp4tissue]

Yea this is Way too expensive.. LOL..

But if the price came down.. it's fine..

[bueller]

Better idea. Make something that you can clip an MX switch into with a spot underneath for an enabler PCB. Make the switch holder so they can be snapped together on the sides and then a frame that will hold them all together vertically and then you could build both staggered and matrix layouts.

[Oobly]

So... numpad + AHK can do the same thing, only with more keys available and for a lot less money... point =

[Wilba]

Even if the price was better, it's still a bulky, complex and expensive solution just to have the identity of the key bound to the physical switch.

Why not just have 3x2 blocks of mini-matrix keyboards that connect together, swap caps as you like, and change key assignments via upload?

I can't believe people are actually backing this... 

[SpAmRaY]

I did confirm with the creator these use cherry MX switches if that wasn't mentioned anywhere.

[Baron Von Clop]

Actually a neat idea but holy god that price is insane.

[hwood34]

Even if the price was better, it's still a bulky, complex and expensive solution just to have the identity of the key bound to the physical switch.

Why not just have 3x2 blocks of mini-matrix keyboards that connect together, swap caps as you like, and change key assignments via upload?

I can't believe people are actually backing this... 

Ignorance is bliss I guess

[mougrim]

Sad bastards...

[qwack]

This seems vastly overpriced...

Well... technically, as long as enough people are ready to pay for it, it's not overpriced 

[Rule16]

Interesting, but I would rather buy soldering equipment, and then learn how to use it for this price.

[ctm]

That's interesting, but very pricey. I think it should be $50 max. Maybe it's a startup so all costs are high?

[Data]

That's interesting, but very pricey. I think it should be $50 max. Maybe it's a startup so all costs are high?

Well, yeah.  It's Kickstarter.  This is a fundraising campaign, not a storefront.  You're pledging to start a business and getting a little piece of it (usually the main product) in return.  That's how Kickstarter is supposed to be used.  It's not a group buy.

[Findecanor]

There is already the X-keys, which has the same use except not being extendable with more modules. I thought that X-keys was expensive. $100 for a stick of 4, 8 or 16 keys.

[sypl]

Better idea. Make something that you can clip an MX switch into with a spot underneath for an enabler PCB. Make the switch holder so they can be snapped together on the sides and then a frame that will hold them all together vertically and then you could build both staggered and matrix layouts.

Yep, this is the right idea. I've thought about this before but couldn't wrap my head around what the design would look like, how'd they'd connect etc.

[septamber]

This is the future. Embrace it.  )