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Offline Bella_Hwang

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Post Your low Profile Mechanical Keyboard
« on: Tue, 14 May 2019, 22:54:36 »
Ultra-Thin Keyboard,which suit for office and gaming.
Oops,my bag is too small,otherwise I can take it in my bag easily when I go out for work
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Re: Post Your low Profile Mechanical Keyboard
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 16 May 2019, 10:24:30 »
Is this a mechanical switch?
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Offline Lanrefni

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Re: Post Your low Profile Mechanical Keyboard
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 16 May 2019, 11:02:41 »
Quote from: ranker on Thu, 16 May 2019, 10:24:30
Is this a mechanical switch?

Yup,they're the Kailh Choc switch that Novel Keys sell,I'd have already built a board with them but Kailh jacked the price from $.35 a switch to $.60 so I've indefinitely delayed my planned build.
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Offline Findecanor

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Re: Post Your low Profile Mechanical Keyboard
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 16 May 2019, 12:34:11 »
The Kailh Choc switches have not been interesting for any DIY projects other than tiny keyboards because stabilisers have not been available.

I would like to try them out some time. The Sharkoon/Dareu/Havit keyboards with Choc switches seem interesting because they have low-profile sculpted keycaps. Those keycaps have not been available separately either.

The Cherry MXLP is also out, but only from Cooler Master and Corsair it seems, and neither keyboard is particularly low-profile or interesting. Cherry has still not released any datasheet from which you could make a footprint, but Keebio got hold of switches to test and apparently made their own KiCad-footprint from measurements.
I noticed that the footprints of Kailh Choc and Cherry MXLP share one pin position, which does help for making a combined footprint for both low-profile switches.
Here's what a symmetric combined footprint would look like, but I have not got around to learning the idiosyncrasies of KiCad's interface to redo it there.

« Last Edit: Thu, 16 May 2019, 12:53:35 by Findecanor »
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Offline Nadrad

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Re: Post Your low Profile Mechanical Keyboard
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 22 May 2019, 08:21:43 »
And this is what I built for myself...
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Re: Post Your low Profile Mechanical Keyboard
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 23 May 2019, 18:05:43 »
Quote from: Nadrad on Wed, 22 May 2019, 08:21:43
And this is what I built for myself...

Very unusual shape...
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Re: Post Your low Profile Mechanical Keyboard
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 25 May 2019, 19:43:48 »
Quote from: Nadrad on Wed, 22 May 2019, 08:21:43
And this is what I built for myself...


Has enough character to make it more than just another rectangular keyboard without being over the top.
Very nice.
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Re: Post Your low Profile Mechanical Keyboard
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 25 May 2019, 21:49:06 »
Quote from: Nadrad on Wed, 22 May 2019, 08:21:43
And this is what I built for myself...

I’m not sure that I would like typing on it but I think it is an artistic masterpiece. Completely different style concept than any other keyboard I’m familiar with, but it’s asymmetrical, almost yin/yang design is simplistic beauty at its finest. Congratulations on an excellent execution.
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