类型: IC
作者: MechWild
发布时间: 2020-12-08 20:57:06
更新时间:
2021-01-13 19:57:40
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=110096.0
Hi, MechWild here again. We are a 4 person (weve grown)
keyboard company. Our members include SillyWorld, HuynhCPT,
Scouser, and one mystery member we’re not revealing just
yet. Today we are sharing the Mercutio with you, the lovely
people of the mechanical keyboard community.
Discord
MechWild site
IC Form
GB Details
Just throwing up the basic details
for now, I’ll make it fancy and professional soon.
GB
Dates: January 15th - February 6th, 2021
Ship Date:
Early April, 2021
Options:
Top & bottom plate
colors: Black, white
PCB colors: Black, white, red,
blue
Knob colors: Black, brass-tone
Add-ons: Mill
max sockets, aluminum cone feet, assembly (limited slots)
Vendors:
MechWild
(US based, worldwide shipping)
FFKeebs
(EU Proxy)
The Mercutio is a 40% through hole kit with
a rotary encoder and OLED display. This will be another FR4
sandwich board similar to the Big Dill Extended. If youre
not familiar, a sandwich board is composed of a top plate,
the pcb, and bottom plate. The top and bottom plates are
spaced apart using standoffs. The top plate functions as a
typical keyboard plate and the switches hold up the pcb.
This kit will be sold as a full through hole kit. We
previously considered doing a Kailh hotswap version but we
have decided against it for this round at least.
Sandwich
case:
This our second board and we learned a lot of lessons
from the BDE. One of the common points of feedback about the
BDE was it didnt have enough keys and were hoping this new,
larger 40% board will be more usable. We are also looking at
offering more colors. Theyre the standard PCB colors (black,
white, red, green, yellow, blue) but we would love to hear
your preferences. We cant promise all the colors for the GB
sale, but well provide as many as were capable of. Maybe
well even let you guys mix and match fun color combos.
We
chose a 40% because its a keyboard size that doesnt have a
whole lot of options out there and what is out there isnt as
readily available as wed like. Anyone can use a 60% or
larger, but once you get down to the 40% boards, it takes a
little more effort to get accustomed to the layout. Our main
goal is to provide affordable options for less common sizes
and layouts of boards so you dont have to drop mad stacks
and wait forever just to try something out.
KLE:
Now, we could have kept it as a simple through hole
kit but we wanted to add a little something extra for
additional utility. The top right of the board will house an
OLED and rotary encoder. Instead of having an acrylic guard
going across the entire forehead of the board, the Mercutios
acrylic guard will meet the plate in a smooth curve right
before the OLED.
More
Renders provided by
u/Superalex051
Prototype:
OLED Sneak Peek
IC Form again
We got the acrylic to sit as low as possible. There
is still a small gap but it’s not very noticeable while the
board is in use.
Specifications:
- Price: 55 USD
- Dimensions: 260 x 110mm
- Weight: 300g (subject to change slightly)
- Materials: FR4 sandwich case + acrylic guard
-
Typing angle: 0°, but we’ll be offering aluminum screw on
feet
Thank you for taking a look at our next project and we are impatiently awaiting your feedback!