ohtay, so, I've decided if I redo the board completely I miiiight be able to shift the controller out of the way of the bottom row, allowing us to make a full 'rectangle' 40% board o.o
The Layouts:
Things I've done:
OneProduct, you get your layout, now shoo. You can add a 1x in the extreme upper right as a pseudo 'Esc' key
PROF125, I changed the switch to a 1.25x instead of a 1x to make the stagger look nicer, it can be 1x.
kmiller8, I changed the two switches to 1.25x instead of a 1x to make the stagger look nicer, they can be 1x.
jdcarpe, I swapped your 1.25x and 1x to fit the layout that's already there, this cannot be changed, unless there is enough room on the PCB to allow it.
These are the 4 layouts I'm higly considering, if anyone has any modifications they'd like to make, or possible add another layout (like maybe relcc's) let me know.
I'll probably re-make this board Tuesday, so get your suggestions in before then
E: Here are your restrictions btw:
The 1.75x key cannot be anything smaller or it will interfere with the controller, someone suggested to just put the controller on a separate board, but I really really really don't want to do that :s
Also, as a general rule of thumb, the way the matrix is laid out here are the max keys/row
Row 1 - 12
Row 2 - 11
Row 3 - 11
Row 4 - 10
If I can think of anything else, I'll let you knows.
