Alright, so we've hit a "good news, bad news" situation here.
I'll start with the good news:
- QMK support is on its way, I worked with the lovely mechmerlin last night to get the matrix and pinout of the PCB all traced out, so now he's working on getting that plugged in where it goes before I'll be test-shoving it onto one of the protos.
- JOlimon finally got numbers back on the frosted acrylic mid and hipro sections, which leads us to
Bad news:
- The acrylic bits are pricier than I wanted them to be, especially the hipro sections. Frosted 9mm is so pricey that it's actually cheaper to get frosted 3mm and put the time into cutting 3 slices of it to use, which brings us to the current discussion point: single 9mm slices or triple 3mm slices.
While it would be more inline with the budget-oriented nature of this build to go with the cheaper 3mm slices, I know that I personally would be willing to pay the small bit extra for the appearance of the single 9mm slice,though others may prefer the small cost savings of the 3mm slices. Additionally, the hipro layer may not be viable with the 3mm slices. The cost difference between the options would be less that $5 per case.
I've got this poll here
https://www.strawpoll.me/15578311 to see what the general consensus is going to look like for this.