类型: IC
作者: jrfhoutx
发布时间: 2019-05-16 18:34:11
更新时间:
2019-05-16 18:34:11
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=100749.0
Last month I teased a PCB that I have been working on, a replacement PCB for the Apple M0116 and M0118. It got a
good amount of interest in that post and a lot of interest
when I brought the prototype to the Austin meetup in April.
Since all but one of the prototypes have gone out to the
chosen testers and I’m getting close to the final product
(unless I decide to just get completely crazy and switch to
ARM at the last minute or something, or the M0118 tester
tells me that the switch footprints don’t line up properly),
I wanted to post an IC for this.
The original idea
behind the Golden Delicious was to offer a better, fully
programmable alternative than the Griffin or Hasu
converters, so that the M0116 and M0118 could be used with
modern computers, without the need to modify or cut holes in
the case. Ever since I got my first M0116 I’ve always felt
that the M0116 was the best board and layout that Apple ever
made. I just hated installing and programming Hasu
converters in all my M0116’s (the converters weren’t in QMK
when I started working on this project, but have since been
added).
There are no crazy special features, this is
just a simple replacement PCB. It uses an ATMega32U4, runs
QMK, is nkro capable, and has new USB-B (yes, full size
USB-B, not mini or micro) daughter boards.
PCB color
will be yellow (hence the name Golden Delicious), will use
all SMD components, and will come fully assembled (no
soldering diodes, ‘cause no one likes doing that, especially
not SMD diodes).
Since it’s still in prototype phase
for now and there could possibly be one last prototype
revision before going to a full production run, there is no
current or potential pricing (still working on that, and
finding a quality fab house to use for the PCBs and
assembly). But the project is finally at a point where I
feel comfortable with putting up an IC and looking in to
pricing and running a group buy for it.
So
HERE
is the IC form. Please, leave comments or suggestions and
fill out the IC form, thanks!