[IC] Planck PCBs & Atomic Keyboard hand-wiring kits are now for sale!

[jackhumbert]

Planck PCBs and universal plates are now for sale!

Here's the description from the site for those unable to view it:

• Supports both Cherry MX and Matias/ALPS switch footprints for multiple layouts (click to view all supported). Get the universal top plate to explore all options.
• All components (USB Mini port, diodes, ATMEGA32U4, 470 ohm resistors for keyswitch LEDs, etc) are pre-soldered and it's ready for keyswitches and LEDs.
• Features a reset button for quick programming (milled bottoms have a hole at the precise location of this).
• The standard Planck layout already flashed to unit, but the TMK source code is available. Can be programmed by Atmel's FLIP.
• Has 5 mounting slots for formed bottom, plate bottom, and milled bottom compatibility. Other mounting holes are for plateless mounting on milled bottom and future cases.
• Remaining pins on microcontroller are pinned-out for easy modding.

I'll be waiting about a week or so before placing an order for the PCBs, and they should take about 10 days to be made, so we're looking at being able to ship them around the beginning of May (3-4 weeks)!

I'll have a couple of prototype PCBs to sell prior to that. If you buy a PCB through the store, you're eligible to get one, but I'm trying to sell them to people that would be able to review them and other Planck parts online somewhere that I could link to on the store. If you think that's something that would apply to you, shoot me an email via the contact form on the site (not here), and we'll talk about it!

If you have any questions about the PCB, ask them here, and I'll try to add it to the description on the site/here!

[plegnic]

PCB ordered! Already had a milled bottom and top plate on order so I'll be excited for it all to come in. Thanks, Jack!

[BlindLemonLipschitz]

Ordered mine too! I'm glad to see there is a hole for the Teensy button.

Edit: I got my eye on that universal top, those 1.25 bottom row options are looking pretty tempting. I will probably pull the trigger on that too. I just want to make sure I got everything before I update my order again. Sorry about that Jack

[Data]

Woot!  Atomic next! 

[vivalarevolución]

Hot and sexy!

[platypus]

still no ALPS caps :[

[SpAmRaY]

still no ALPS caps :[

Those would be nice to have!

[IvanIvanovich]

Nice to see these are finally ready. I just made an order and will be looking forward to building it when it arrives.

[asura]

Is it possible to add a PCB to an existing order (assuming it hasn't gone out already?)

[plegnic]

Is it possible to add a PCB to an existing order (assuming it hasn't gone out already?)

I would just place another order and then email Jack and he will refund the shipping. (He refunded mine without me even asking!)

[Data]

Jack!  My body board is ready for that PCB!   






Let's do this.   

[nathanrosspowell]

Jack!  My body board is ready for that PCB!   

One of the best I've seen, sir. Amazing compatibility with that set 

[Data]

Jack!  My body board is ready for that PCB!   

One of the best I've seen, sir. Amazing compatibility with that set 

Thanks! Can't wait to complete it!

[daftendire]

Just finished my planck. 
Had a hell of a time programing it since it was my first time working with any kind of code tho.
I'm using the keymap that was default in the makefile since i wasn't sure how to change it, but the bottom left key, which looks like it should be RSFT in keymap jack.c, types 'f' instead.

Anyone have any insight as to what  could be happening?

[Tiramisuu]

Very nice.  Now you have to tell us what it's like to type with.

[jackhumbert]

Just finished my planck. 
Had a hell of a time programing it since it was my first time working with any kind of code tho.
I'm using the keymap that was default in the makefile since i wasn't sure how to change it, but the bottom left key, which looks like it should be RSFT in keymap jack.c, types 'f' instead.

Anyone have any insight as to what  could be happening?

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This is due to the example macro I have setup in there :) It just presses the CM_T or KC_F key. Scroll down in the extended_keymap_jack.c file to see what it's doing.

Jack!  My body board is ready for that PCB!   :cool:

Let's do this.   :thumb:

Looking good! Excited to get the Atomic up to speed with the Planck.

Is it possible to add a PCB to an existing order (assuming it hasn't gone out already?)

Yeah! Just shoot me an email after your order, and I'll refund you the double shipping costs.

still no ALPS caps :[

I just put in a bulk shipment for these! You can buy them now, and I'll be able to ship them within a week or so: http://ortholinearkeyboards.com/keycaps/abs-dcs-like-matias-keyset

Here are some more photos of the Prototype PCB in some cases: http://imgur.com/a/9X1TA

[daftendire]

Very nice.  Now you have to tell us what it's like to type with.

It's quite nice once your fingers stop trying to stagger like on a conventional keyboard.

Just finished my planck. 
Had a hell of a time programing it since it was my first time working with any kind of code tho.
I'm using the keymap that was default in the makefile since i wasn't sure how to change it, but the bottom left key, which looks like it should be RSFT in keymap jack.c, types 'f' instead.

Anyone have any insight as to what  could be happening?

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This is due to the example macro I have setup in there :) It just presses the CM_T or KC_F key. Scroll down in the extended_keymap_jack.c file to see what it's doing.



Oh ok, I see the KC macro now. I guess it's time to read up on what those do :cool:

[doodersbrother]

Might look into ordering one. hard to choose between all these GB's

[orcinus]

When in doubt... the answer is:

BUY ALL THE THINGS!

[Tiramisuu]

If you could buy it and just have it shipped directly to me we could both be happy

[orcinus]

[Data]

We need PCBs!   

[jackhumbert]

Production PCBs for the Planck are here! Get one or check out the dets here: http://ortholinearkeyboards.com/planck-pcb

[jackhumbert]

Quick video on how to put one together! Just covers the basics for now - the more in-depth stuff will be in the text/web version.

[IvanIvanovich]

I got mine all put together. Now just to take some time to get it programmed how I want it. I hate that step.
Using all Cherry doubleshots on mine, with black Gaterons.

Good quality PCB. Case tray is OK, had some nics and scratches in the finish. No biggie, it would end up with some eventually. Might have been avoided if it was shipped in a box instead of only a bubble mailer. If you are like me, I would highly suggest to get some much higher bumpons to place on the rear side to give it some angle so it isn't so uncomfortable. I can't do a totally flat typing.

[plegnic]

For programming, which compiler/programmer are y'all using on Windows 7 x64.

Seems like every tutorial says to use WinAVR but the TMK page says that WinAVR no longer works correctly.

[Data]

Gee, I'd sure love to buy an Atomic PCB and maybe one of those milled bottom plates...   

[nephiel]

Would a Poker 2 plate fit the Atomic formed bottom? Would the mounting holes align?

[Wilba]

Gee, I'd sure love to buy an Atomic PCB and maybe one of those milled bottom plates...   

Talk to Jack about reserving one of the Atomic prototype PCBs (with SMD assembly by me) - they'll be ordered this week.

[Data]

Gee, I'd sure love to buy an Atomic PCB and maybe one of those milled bottom plates...   

Talk to Jack about reserving one of the Atomic prototype PCBs (with SMD assembly by me) - they'll be ordered this week.

Yes, I will happily beta test this board.   

[Bloo]

Gee, I'd sure love to buy an Atomic PCB and maybe one of those milled bottom plates...   

Talk to Jack about reserving one of the Atomic prototype PCBs (with SMD assembly by me) - they'll be ordered this week.

Small question:  Is an atomic full grid option supported by this pcb?  Still in love with that idea.

[Wilba]

Gee, I'd sure love to buy an Atomic PCB and maybe one of those milled bottom plates...   

Talk to Jack about reserving one of the Atomic prototype PCBs (with SMD assembly by me) - they'll be ordered this week.

Small question:  Is an atomic full grid option supported by this pcb?  Still in love with that idea.

Yes.

[Bloo]

Gee, I'd sure love to buy an Atomic PCB and maybe one of those milled bottom plates...   

Talk to Jack about reserving one of the Atomic prototype PCBs (with SMD assembly by me) - they'll be ordered this week.

Small question:  Is an atomic full grid option supported by this pcb?  Still in love with that idea.

Yes.

Nice.  I'll  pm jack.

[wakko]

Put together the planck but haven't changed the default layout yet. Wanted to test everything first. All looks good but shift+some of the keys don't register. I'm using karabiner eventviewer to debug. Any ideas. Individually all keys register fine. The keys that don't register with shift, register fine with control for example, like control+k.

HELP!

[Data]

Any updates?

[plegnic]

Put together the planck but haven't changed the default layout yet. Wanted to test everything first. All looks good but shift+some of the keys don't register. I'm using karabiner eventviewer to debug. Any ideas. Individually all keys register fine. The keys that don't register with shift, register fine with control for example, like control+k.

HELP!

You might have a short. Double-check your soldering, also check for damage on any of the traces.

[wakko]

Put together the planck but haven't changed the default layout yet. Wanted to test everything first. All looks good but shift+some of the keys don't register. I'm using karabiner eventviewer to debug. Any ideas. Individually all keys register fine. The keys that don't register with shift, register fine with control for example, like control+k.

HELP!

You might have a short. Double-check your soldering, also check for damage on any of the traces.

Thank you. I did go over the joints but will review them more carefully. Some the joints are a bit cloudy. I'll re-do those and try.

[simonyunhe]

Interest in the Atomic Board.

[wakko]

Put together the planck but haven't changed the default layout yet. Wanted to test everything first. All looks good but shift+some of the keys don't register. I'm using karabiner eventviewer to debug. Any ideas. Individually all keys register fine. The keys that don't register with shift, register fine with control for example, like control+k.

HELP!

So apparently the default firmware on the PCB has issues with some keys and combos. I rebuilt the firmware from source and re flashed and all the keys started working properly. My soldering looked fine and I also did the continuity test on the problematic switches and it seemed fine, so I didn't make any soldering adjustments.

There's still an issue with some key combos, specifically with the fn layers.

Might have to try rebuilding the firmware from scratch using the GH60 code. Sigh. Or try easy avr.

[Wilba]

Put together the planck but haven't changed the default layout yet. Wanted to test everything first. All looks good but shift+some of the keys don't register. I'm using karabiner eventviewer to debug. Any ideas. Individually all keys register fine. The keys that don't register with shift, register fine with control for example, like control+k.

HELP!

So apparently the default firmware on the PCB has issues with some keys and combos. I rebuilt the firmware from source and re flashed and all the keys started working properly. My soldering looked fine and I also did the continuity test on the problematic switches and it seemed fine, so I didn't make any soldering adjustments.

There's still an issue with some key combos, specifically with the fn layers.

Might have to try rebuilding the firmware from scratch using the GH60 code. Sigh. Or try easy avr.

Are you using jackhumbert's tmk_keyboard fork?

Perhaps try building without using the "extended keymap" stuff, maybe it's broken and causing the key combo issue.
Any issues with key combos not working would be at a higher level than the /keyboard/planck level, which is just the matrix handling and very orthodox.

[wakko]

Put together the planck but haven't changed the default layout yet. Wanted to test everything first. All looks good but shift+some of the keys don't register. I'm using karabiner eventviewer to debug. Any ideas. Individually all keys register fine. The keys that don't register with shift, register fine with control for example, like control+k.

HELP!

So apparently the default firmware on the PCB has issues with some keys and combos. I rebuilt the firmware from source and re flashed and all the keys started working properly. My soldering looked fine and I also did the continuity test on the problematic switches and it seemed fine, so I didn't make any soldering adjustments.

There's still an issue with some key combos, specifically with the fn layers.

Might have to try rebuilding the firmware from scratch using the GH60 code. Sigh. Or try easy avr.

Are you using jackhumbert's tmk_keyboard fork?

Perhaps try building without using the "extended keymap" stuff, maybe it's broken and causing the key combo issue.
Any issues with key combos not working would be at a higher level than the /keyboard/planck level, which is just the matrix handling and very orthodox.

I am using jack's fork. I tried a couple from the common folder but had other issues. For some reason none of them register the OS key (I'm using OSX). I tried mapping that key to different switches but that didn't help either.

I also don't think this is hardware related. All switches register fine by themselves. I'm using the event viewer included in karabiner to test. Is there another tool I can use maybe?

[jackhumbert]

Put together the planck but haven't changed the default layout yet. Wanted to test everything first. All looks good but shift+some of the keys don't register. I'm using karabiner eventviewer to debug. Any ideas. Individually all keys register fine. The keys that don't register with shift, register fine with control for example, like control+k.

HELP!

So apparently the default firmware on the PCB has issues with some keys and combos. I rebuilt the firmware from source and re flashed and all the keys started working properly. My soldering looked fine and I also did the continuity test on the problematic switches and it seemed fine, so I didn't make any soldering adjustments.

There's still an issue with some key combos, specifically with the fn layers.

Might have to try rebuilding the firmware from scratch using the GH60 code. Sigh. Or try easy avr.

Are you using jackhumbert's tmk_keyboard fork?

Perhaps try building without using the "extended keymap" stuff, maybe it's broken and causing the key combo issue.
Any issues with key combos not working would be at a higher level than the /keyboard/planck level, which is just the matrix handling and very orthodox.

I am using jack's fork. I tried a couple from the common folder but had other issues. For some reason none of them register the OS key (I'm using OSX). I tried mapping that key to different switches but that didn't help either.

I also don't think this is hardware related. All switches register fine by themselves. I'm using the event viewer included in karabiner to test. Is there another tool I can use maybe?

If you're using the PCB, I did mess up the flashing a few of them early on. The shift problems is one of the symptoms of that. What kind of fn layer issues are you having?

On the OS key - are you talking about Command? It's GUI (KC_LGUI/KC_RGUI) in the firmware, unless you have some Karabiner rebinding stuff.

[Data]

Jack, did you guys have any luck with the Atomic prototype PCBs?

[jackhumbert]

Jack, did you guys have any luck with the Atomic prototype PCBs?

I know Wilba did - they're on the way to me I'll have photos/news/sales to start soon!

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Jack, did you guys have any luck with the Atomic prototype PCBs?

I know Wilba did - they're on the way to me I'll have photos/news/sales to start soon!

Awesome. I'd preorder if your site had the option.   Take my money!

[wakko]

Put together the planck but haven't changed the default layout yet. Wanted to test everything first. All looks good but shift+some of the keys don't register. I'm using karabiner eventviewer to debug. Any ideas. Individually all keys register fine. The keys that don't register with shift, register fine with control for example, like control+k.

HELP!

So apparently the default firmware on the PCB has issues with some keys and combos. I rebuilt the firmware from source and re flashed and all the keys started working properly. My soldering looked fine and I also did the continuity test on the problematic switches and it seemed fine, so I didn't make any soldering adjustments.

There's still an issue with some key combos, specifically with the fn layers.

Might have to try rebuilding the firmware from scratch using the GH60 code. Sigh. Or try easy avr.

Are you using jackhumbert's tmk_keyboard fork?

Perhaps try building without using the "extended keymap" stuff, maybe it's broken and causing the key combo issue.
Any issues with key combos not working would be at a higher level than the /keyboard/planck level, which is just the matrix handling and very orthodox.

I am using jack's fork. I tried a couple from the common folder but had other issues. For some reason none of them register the OS key (I'm using OSX). I tried mapping that key to different switches but that didn't help either.

I also don't think this is hardware related. All switches register fine by themselves. I'm using the event viewer included in karabiner to test. Is there another tool I can use maybe?

If you're using the PCB, I did mess up the flashing a few of them early on. The shift problems is one of the symptoms of that. What kind of fn layer issues are you having?

On the OS key - are you talking about Command? It's GUI (KC_LGUI/KC_RGUI) in the firmware, unless you have some Karabiner rebinding stuff.

i am using the pcb.

You might be right about the command key and karabiner. I'll investigate.

I'll check the fn layer issues and list them here when I get back later tonight.

[wakko]

so i realized that to get the characters on the lower fn layer, the shift key is pressed so that's all working fine actually.

i uninstalled karabiner but still get no command key.

[jackhumbert]

so i realized that to get the characters on the lower fn layer, the shift key is pressed so that's all working fine actually.

i uninstalled karabiner but still get no command key.

You mentioned all of the keys showing up in the OS when testing - are you sure the GUI key is doing that?

You can also check your system preferences under "Keyboard" and "Modifier Keys..." - this is what mine looks like:

[wakko]

so i realized that to get the characters on the lower fn layer, the shift key is pressed so that's all working fine actually.

i uninstalled karabiner but still get no command key.

You mentioned all of the keys showing up in the OS when testing - are you sure the GUI key is doing that?

You can also check your system preferences under "Keyboard" and "Modifier Keys..." - this is what mine looks like:

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the system preferences does look like that.

all the keys show up except the GUI key, even if i remap to a different switch in the firmware. the GUI keypress doesn't show at all in the testing tool. nothing seems to happen.

[jackhumbert]

so i realized that to get the characters on the lower fn layer, the shift key is pressed so that's all working fine actually.

i uninstalled karabiner but still get no command key.

You mentioned all of the keys showing up in the OS when testing - are you sure the GUI key is doing that?

You can also check your system preferences under "Keyboard" and "Modifier Keys..." - this is what mine looks like:

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the system preferences does look like that.

all the keys show up except the GUI key, even if i remap to a different switch in the firmware. the GUI keypress doesn't show at all in the testing tool. nothing seems to happen.

In the firmware, what does your config.h file look like? Specifically, this section:

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#define IS_COMMAND() ( \
    keyboard_report->mods == (MOD_BIT(KC_LSHIFT) | MOD_BIT(KC_RSHIFT)) \
)

If it's MOD_BIT(KC_LGUI), it would cause the GUI keypress to not pass through the firmware.

Have you tried mapping KC_RGUI to anything?