[IC] GLITCH X FROST TKL // MAY 28 - JUNE 28 // + PBT FROST KEYSET // +DESKMAT

[ectoplasmatic]

GLITCH X FROST
Stacked Acrylic & Polycarbonate Mysterium


GB DATE - MAY 28 - JUNE 28


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GLITCH X FROST

Live your sci-fi cyberpunk fluorescent dream with GLITCH.
Breathe in crisp and fresh mountain air with FROST.

You can have it either way, or both.

An all CNC stacked plastic case with CNC milled polycarbonate bottom. Silicone sandwich mount, custom silicone pad foot.
All built to house a beautiful silkscreened PROTOZOA PCB, or a CFTKB.com Mysterium PCB of your choice.

Each GLITCH kit contains:

GLITCH Top Layers - CNC acrylic (3)
Polycarbonate Plate - Frosted - ANSI + ISO (universal)
Silicone PCB Mount Sheet (Clear)
Polycarbonate Base Unit - Black Smokey
Stainless Steel Badge
Custom Hardware - Black
Silicone Foot - Black
Custom Carrying Bag
Protozoa Microfiber Cloth

Each FROST kit contains:

FROST Top Layers - CNC Polycarbonate (3)
Polycarbonate Plate - Frosted - ANSI + ISO (universal)
Silicone PCB Mount Sheet (Clear)
Polycarbonate Base Unit (Frosted Clear)
Stainless Steel Badge
Custom Hardware - Gray
Silicone Foot - White
Custom Carrying Bag
Protozoa Microfiber Cloth

Availability
GB Date: May 28th - June 28th
Delivery: 6 months
MOQ 100 units each style
Unlimited group buy

Pricing
+ GLITCH X FROST Kit: $215
+ GLITCH X FROST Top Layers (to mix and match: $60
+ FR4 Plates (ISO, ANSI Dedicated // Black or White): 30$
+ Polycarbonate Plate (universal): 30$
+ P.01 Through Hole PCB: 75$
+ P.01 ULTRA PCB - Solder // Black or White: $50
+ P.01 ULTRA PCB - Hotswap // Black or White: $60

Modding
+ Plate files will be available to cut for yourself (DXF)
+ Top layers (3) files will be available to cut for yourself (DXF, STEP)

Deskmats



Kicking off the 'Protozoa Artist Series' Deskmats comes a commission from artist Tim Evans (IG: @tevans_1022).

The brief was simple - GLITCH - and the artist attacked it in his signature style.
Crank up the brightness in your space with this original design.

Size: 900 x 400mm
Thickness: 4mm
Top Material: Cloth
Bottom Material: Rubber

PBT FROST
Companion keyset made by GEEKARK


MORE INFO HERE

OLD RENDERS

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Previous Description

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We made a one-off ‘Matrix-Cyberspace-Blade-Runner-Hangul-Rain’ 90’s themed Hacker aesthetic stacked acrylic keyboard (say it 10 times fast?) for Mysterium PCBs, based on a concept by ULLIAM and designed by our team at Protozoa Studio. We got a lot of interest in making a production version.

The matrix hangul text is a translation of Roy Batty’s monologue in Blade Runner (tears in the rain), which ULLIAM used on his desk mats for KAT Cyberspace. The acid green edge glow acrylic matches the well known cyberspace aesthetic.

A one-off GLITCH was built by MaxF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEEEKezeniI. The design has been refined and changed (see renders and description). Production units of the GLITCH will have the etched design but no GID infill (this can be DIY’ed at your own risk).

There are 2 versions, (1) ‘P.00 GLITCH’ (matrix rain style), (2) 'P.00 FROST’ (regular style).

Both are compatible with Mysterium PCBs from CFTKB.com or P.01 PCBs from protozoa.studio.

Looking forward to your questions and feedback.

PCB Info:

1
'Original' P.01 Mysterium PCB
Components: Through-hole, solder yourself
Switches: solder yourself
Silkscreen (on PCB print): Protozoa Swirl
Colours: Black, White
LED Underglow: no
Cost: 75$ (incl. components)

2
P.01 ULTRA PCB - Solder
Components: pre-soldered SMD components
Switches: solder yourself
Silkscreen: Protozoa Swirl
LED Underglow: yes
Colours: Black, White, SE
Cost: 50$

3
P.01 ULTRA PCB - Hotswap
Components: pre-soldered SMD components
Switches: hotswap, no soldering
Silkscreen: Protozoa Swirl
LED Underglow: yes
Colours: Black, White
Cost: 60$


Thank you for your support, comments, feedback, interest, disinterest, enthusiasm - everything.
The Protozoa Team (Ecto, Sailer, Hunter) + ULLIAM

[powwu]

Whoah. That's beautiful. Very interesting, glad to see advances made for Mysterium cases. GLWIC

[PHYLO]

The way those layers look are super duper unique and cool. Nice!

[Ulliam]

Praise be to Odin, This came out so good! Thank you so much guys for making my word vomit this beautiful reality, I don't even know how you did it!

[T.Pineapples]

Are there gaps between the layers in the green renders, or are my eyes just tripping? Really nice regardless.

[ibsnugg]

You guys are putting out some fantastic work!

[norb]

dope af design, will there be iso available?

[treeleaf64]

Oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oh I realize this comment is not very helpful so I will try to help you out

You should add the typing angle as well   

[blaqbern]

Really interesting design, particularly on the green one. Badge looks great as well. Curious about the top; it looks like there are three layers above the plate (ie: 9mm). The top of most cases is 6 - 6.5 mm, so I'm thinking the keycaps would be considerably "sunk in" to the top. I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but it would be nice to see some renders with keycaps to get a better idea of how this would look.
I'll be watching this one; awesome work

[Current Keyboards]

Dayuuuumn. That green one is slick as hell. I could see that etching idea being adapted to a ton of different designs.

[Shiro]

Been waiting for this IC, so hype for this!!

[_rubik]

Wow. This is seriously unique; I love it

[elrot]

Glitch is stunning! Might end up being my first TKL   

[Havattack]

Glitch is stunning! Might end up being my first TKL   

My thoughts exactly!

[Cubic // esc lab]

This is insanely cool work. Good stuff.

[_rubik]

Is it possible to buy the PCBs bundled with components bundled, but not assembled? I'm not sure why, but I find through-hole work therapeutic. Maybe I'm alone in wanting this.

[Havattack]

Is it possible to buy the PCBs bundled with components bundled, but not assembled? I'm not sure why, but I find through-hole work therapeutic. Maybe I'm alone in wanting this.

Does "through-hole work" mean soldering the components on the pcb? You are definitely not alone.....but i hate it. I am warming up the process though. No pun intended.

[_rubik]

Is it possible to buy the PCBs bundled with components bundled, but not assembled? I'm not sure why, but I find through-hole work therapeutic. Maybe I'm alone in wanting this.

Does "through-hole work" mean soldering the components on the pcb? You are definitely not alone.....but i hate it. I am warming up the process though. No pun intended.

I do mean soldering the components, yes. I mention through-hole specifically because I'm not a fan of working with surface mount components, so PCBs like this are a goldmine of fun! (fun is relative, of course)

[Debido666]

Dimensions? Guessing 7 3mm sheets, so 21mm thick?

[KCK]

This is amazing man, very unique. Definitely interested!

[ectoplasmatic]

This is amazing man, very unique. Definitely interested!

Glitch is stunning! Might end up being my first TKL   

This is insanely cool work. Good stuff.

Glitch is stunning! Might end up being my first TKL   

My thoughts exactly!

Wow. This is seriously unique; I love it

Been waiting for this IC, so hype for this!!

Dayuuuumn. That green one is slick as hell. I could see that etching idea being adapted to a ton of different designs.

You guys are putting out some fantastic work!

Whoah. That's beautiful. Very interesting, glad to see advances made for Mysterium cases. GLWIC

The way those layers look are super duper unique and cool. Nice!

Thanks so much for your kind words and support, It's such a pleasure to be able to get that kind of feedback, for the whole team! Please do watch out for the GB next month if you're still interested when the time comes.

Dimensions? Guessing 7 3mm sheets, so 21mm thick?

You're on point. The plate is included in that measurement too.

Is it possible to buy the PCBs bundled with components bundled, but not assembled? I'm not sure why, but I find through-hole work therapeutic. Maybe I'm alone in wanting this.

Yes for sure, this is how the PCBs come as standard, with components that you have to solder yourself. We are considering an option for those who find soldering all the components intimidating, I'll hopefully have some news on that in a few weeks time around GB start.

Really interesting design, particularly on the green one. Badge looks great as well. Curious about the top; it looks like there are three layers above the plate (ie: 9mm). The top of most cases is 6 - 6.5 mm, so I'm thinking the keycaps would be considerably "sunk in" to the top. I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but it would be nice to see some renders with keycaps to get a better idea of how this would look.
I'll be watching this one; awesome work

Yes indeed you're right - it is 9mm above the plate. I always aim on all my non-stacked plastic designs for 7.8-8mm, standard is around that much for most designers. Unfortunately because of availability of plastic sheets that mostly come in 3mm thickness, we have to use multiples of 3. I'll make sure we get some renders with keycaps as well!

dope af design, will there be iso available?

Mysterium V1 doesn't have ISO, but Mysterium V2 from CFTKB.com does. We are however looking into updating our P.01 Mysterium PCB for ISO, plus a few other features.

Oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oh I realize this comment is not very helpful so I will try to help you out

You should add the typing angle as well   

Very good point thanks Treeleaf! It is 6 degrees.

Are there gaps between the layers in the green renders, or are my eyes just tripping? Really nice regardless.

it is a bit trippy haha. No there are no gaps, the profile is staggered and the translucency plays tricks with our eyes.

[ttttug]

Yes, yes, yes. I'm 100% in for Glitch. It'll look fantastic alongside my P.02!

[Glenthorne]

These look amazing! I might end up buying both! 

[Extra Fox]

There is just some remarkably creative stuff going on in this space. I've signed the IC.

[ManoliVisuals]

Really really in love with both of these, though im leaning towards the FROST, I am a sucker for a good aesthetic concept, the GLITCH def scratches that itch

[ectoplasmatic]

Really really in love with both of these, though im leaning towards the FROST, I am a sucker for a good aesthetic concept, the GLITCH def scratches that itch

love you mr manoli. thanks for all your support!

There is just some remarkably creative stuff going on in this space. I've signed the IC.

Really appreciate that! We've made some changes to the design now hope you like it.

These look amazing! I might end up buying both! 

Yes, yes, yes. I'm 100% in for Glitch. It'll look fantastic alongside my P.02!

Thanks for supporting us with P.02! I can't wait to ship it, very soon.

[Invezting]

Will try to pick up a glitch!

[Casserole]

Unique design!

[hottrout]

No sharp edges please and Glitch is really nice.

[ectoplasmatic]

No sharp edges please and Glitch is really nice.

Tops will be CNC chamfered for your comfort 🙌🏽

[Extra Fox]

Really appreciate that! We've made some changes to the design now hope you like it.

Very much so, can't wait for the GB.

[cosmo10292]

This is SICK! I hope you do a GB for the barleycorn after this

[ectoplasmatic]

This is SICK! I hope you do a GB for the barleycorn after this

Thank you!
Yes, we are currently waiting on the second prototype of a barleycorn case, if the quality is good we can run with that manufacturer and not make it too expensive (we think it can only really work if we can get the price down for that one).

[HappyB0T]

What is this madness!??!?! Holy crap - this is the most different looking board I have seen in months. Nice!

[Havattack]

What is this madness!??!?! Holy crap - this is the most different looking board I have seen in months. Nice!

Any chance of  smaller form factor (60%-75%) being released at a later date? (I don't know what happened... when i 1st got into the hobby, TKL was my favorite.... Now, i'm gradually liking smaller and smaller form factors...)

[Extra Fox]

I genuinely keep coming back here to admire this design. I'm hoping this soon-ish is sooner-ish. 

[LaserCrafter]

take my money. Now.

[paulgali]

This is awesome!

[RoyalOak88]

Glitch is just mind blowing 

[fredprinz21]

Any updates on the Group Buy date? Definitely copping one!

[ectoplasmatic]

What is this madness!??!?! Holy crap - this is the most different looking board I have seen in months. Nice!

This is awesome!

I genuinely keep coming back here to admire this design. I'm hoping this soon-ish is sooner-ish. 

take my money. Now.

Glitch is just mind blowing 

Oh man, thank you all for your amazing compliments, glad you're liking it!
hoping to have the prototype next week and will share photos etc, then we can get the group buy going.
I've seen factory photos of the prototype and it's looking on track, but need to have it in my hands before I feel comfortable!

[ectoplasmatic]

Any updates on the Group Buy date? Definitely copping one!

thank you! Not yet but I'm hoping to have updates next week, and we will then start the group buy in earnest once we're happy with the prototypes incoming.

[ectoplasmatic]

What is this madness!??!?! Holy crap - this is the most different looking board I have seen in months. Nice!

Any chance of  smaller form factor (60%-75%) being released at a later date? (I don't know what happened... when i 1st got into the hobby, TKL was my favorite.... Now, i'm gradually liking smaller and smaller form factors...)

yes. 

[aethernet]

woah this is so cool!

[Altain]

Looks like most of us here are hyped for Glitch, but I'm gonna give some love to the Frost. What a design! GLWIC and GLWGB! Definitely going to pick Frost up.

[atyxiao]

Can we look forward to additional sound tests once the prototypes roll in  ?

[EightDiagram]

Looks like most of us here are hyped for Glitch, but I'm gonna give some love to the Frost. What a design! GLWIC and GLWGB! Definitely going to pick Frost up.

Also choosing Frost.❄

What is this key set? So nice...

[WillyWortel]

I love the glitch

[hottrout]

It is hard to choose, both are nice and both are different.

[dudewth]

Definitely getting a glitch! Love the look.

Didn't see this answered yet. Is the "P.01 ULTRA PCB" a pre-soldered PCB vs. the standard through-hole PCB? With a hotswap designation I'm guessing so but just want to be sure!