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【IC】NEO Palette G67 - Gasket, Acrylic, full customize color, 65% - GB on Oct.23

类型: IC
作者: Patrickwu
发布时间: 2020-09-16 01:48:33
更新时间: 2020-10-21 05:45:13
原链接: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=108630.0


Hello GeekHack
This is Patrick at NEO Keys (instagram: neokeys, GIVE AWAY will be done through instagram; Discord https://discord.gg/2MCKpQQ). I’m here to present you our first design Palette G67. The project started back in June and has gone through multiple stages of material test, design and samples and we’re quite happy with what we have so far! And we’d love to hear some feedback and input from the community before release.


Case Features

  • Acrylic sandwich structure, with fully isolated, gasket mounted switch plate. Switch plate is supported by 6 silicone and 6 EVA gaskets and completely hidden from sides of the case.
  • Laser cut acrylic case plates
  • Switch plate options: Carbon Fiber, Brass
  • 6.5 degree typing angle
  • 18 pre-set case color schemes and more to come..
  • Fully customizable case color. 20 colors for each of 11 acrylic layers, total over 409,600,000,000,000 possible combinations. And more to come..
  • Countersink holes only. All mounting screws will be flush with case surface.
    PCB Features
  • QMK programmable
  • Hotswap and soldered(ISO, 7U spacebar, split BS compatible)
  • Per-switch SMD RGB light
  • RGB blacklight
  • Center mounted USB-C port
    About the group buy
  • What’s included in the kit?
    Kit comes with 11 layers of acrylic (7 layers of case body, 4 layers feet), PCB, switch plate, silicone and EVA gaskets (with spare), titanium coated M2 screws, brass posts, allen wrenches, USB-C cable, a microfabric cloth
  • How much?
    Kit in pre-set color scheme with carbon fiber plate - $140
    Full custom color scheme +$10
    Brass plate +$10
    Shipping is not included. Expected to be $50 for US and Europe. Board will be shipped from Shenzhen China.
  • How to place order?
    Custom features are far too complicated to be handled through order forms, so we set up a website for this group buy, link will be posted in the groupbuy thread.
    And here is a preview of color customization interface. Sorry for not having a real time rendering page. When GB starts each day I will run a few renders requested by customers and post on IG.
  • MinOQ and MaxOQ?
    Groupbuy will be on when order quantity hits 100. Maximum orders will be capped at 200.
    First 50 orders will be shipped with a free acrylic lube station in random color.
  • When?
    Groupbuy will start within a week or two depending on IC result on Oct. 23 Friday (as my account was registered on Aug. 21 and only 2 months old account is allowed to post in GB) and open for orders for 1-2 weeks depending on order numbers.
    Lead time should be somewhere around 60-90 days.
    Here are some renders of preset colors schemes.



    Some photos of sample boards in Void and Dawn+GMK Cyan color scheme


    Here is a sample of Palette in Eternity color scheme, which has 3 layers of frosted clears and 4 layers frosted pink, with a brushed brass plate.

    Eternity built up with brass plates, ink red’s.

    Some buyer’s customized color scheme renders:


    Here are photos of sample plates, just to give you an preview of the actual colors.
    Clear, Frosted Clear, Frosted Black, Red, Purple, Orange, Dark Blue, Light Blue, Cyan, Green, Yellow

    Flo Orange, Flo Pink, Flo Yello, Flo Green, Flo Blue, Frosted Orange, Frosted Pink, Frosted Yellow, Frosted Cyan

    If you have any questions, suggestions or feedback regarding the product or design, please feel free to post or DM or mail me at support@neokeys.net
    I have received some quetions from Discord and via emails, I’m sharing the answers here as well. So here you go Q&A
    How does the gasket structure work?
    Here are some photos to explain the gasket structure.
    Plate locates between second and fifth layer, supported by 12 silicone and EVA gaskets which are taped to the plate itself. The plate is completely hidden from all 4 sides of the case, giving the user the freedom to customize case color scheme.


    Dimensions of the case and typing angles?
    Here are some drawings and numbers. Opening for USB-C cable is 12mm wide.

    By using 3 or all 4 layers of feet, you can have 5.3 or 6.9 typing angle.

    Weight?
    Complete board with brass plate weight - 810g
    Copmlete board with carbon fiber plate weight - 630g
    All progress will be posted in this thread.
    2020.9.16 IC thread started.
    2020.9.16 Updated lead time.
    2020.9.17 Updated solder PCB with ISO, 7U space and Splite BS support; Product specs updated; Estimated shipping cost updated; Discord server set up; Eternity sample pic posted.
    2020.9.18 GB date confirmed. It’s embarassing but I just realized that my account can’t post in GB subforum until Oct 22. But good thing is that it’ll give me enough time to finish soldered PCB design.
    2020.9.24 Updated with some drawings and numbers to answer questions from discord.
    2020.9.26 Updated weight of board. Added some beautiful renders of colors schemes from buyer’s customization.
    2020.9.29 Updated sample plate photos
    2020.10.15 Updated kit content
    2020.10.21 Groupbuy starting in 2 days. IC thread locked.
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