类型: IC
作者: eveningdownpour
发布时间:
2020-08-04 01:02:34
更新时间: 2020-08-04 01:12:28
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=107896.0
Hello everyone, this is my first post not as myself but as
Efflorescent Design, a studio comprised of myself and my
brother.
I have always had something of a unique taste,
and I have found it very unfortunate that there just aren’t
many keyboards on the market suited to my taste. My brother
comes from an engineering background, and I have been
something of a mechanical keyboard enthusiast for years, so
we decided to try our hand at designing a keyboard. We’re
currently exploring running a SMALL (Think 25-30 units,
tops. We are not comfortable with QC on anything larger.) GB
for this board, if reception is positive, people are
interested, and we manage a WORKING PROTOTYPE before moving
to the group buy creation stage.
This post is less of
an IC, and more of a community questionnaire. While I did
give the option to leave an email to be notified of the
actual IC, if you’re not terribly interested, we would still
welcome your feedback. Before I link the form, however,
allow me to show some (admittedly primitive) renders and
cover a few basics.
Our current build idea is an
Anodized Aluminum case with a carbon fiber plate gasket
mounted with 3mm rubber or silicone cord, and a Stainless
Steel weight.
The Empyrean 68 features a 6.5 degree
typing angle, with a USB type C PCB with QMK support, a
Stainless Steel knob, and no externally visible screws. We
will be commissioning the PCB from a reputable PCB designer
from GH, because neither of us has an advanced understanding
of circuitry.
Our first major inquiry is that of the
color. We have two very distinct coloration ideas, and
cannot decide between the two, which is the primary reason
for this Pre-IC questionnaire. Without further ado, allow me
to present to you, the Empyrean 68 SKY, a Sky Blue face and
an E-White base, with a single Stainless Steel Weight:
and the Empyrean 68 CLOUD, with an E-White face and
base, with two Stainless Steel Silver accent weights, plus a
Stainless Steel weight:
Please note that the Empyrean 68 CLOUD features two
extra smaller stainless steel side-weights, whereas the
Empyrean 68 SKY features a cutout that shows the E-White
base layer.
Another question we would like to pose to
the community is about the layout, which I will save for the
form.
This is getting long, so allow to me to wrap up.
Our Pre-IC/Community Questionnaire is available
here:
https://forms.gle/YvVtMoDWZkbACtcQ6
Even though this is only a very preliminary stage, I
already owe many people thanks. I want to thank ai03 for the
very necessary feedback that our first design was
nonsensical and terrible, and the wider keyboard atelier
community for being such a valuable resource for newbies. I
also want to thank allfallsdown/NoLullaby for all the
links and useful information and references that allowed us
to get started.
Thank you so much for reading! Sorry
for any formatting shenanigans, I am not very familiar with
the formatting on here.