类型: IC
作者: Stewiedk97
发布时间: 2021-04-06
11:36:15
更新时间: 2021-07-12 11:49:35
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=112155.0
Pneuma Mk.1 60%
By Stef Wolters
The
Pneuma Mk.1 is my latest keyboard design and my take on the
60% form factor that I have worked on for the past year. The
name “Pneuma” or “πνεῦμα” translates and is interpreted from
ancient Greek to the word “Breath” or “Spirit”. This refers
to the huge drive I felt during the design of this board.
This drive showed me that designing my own products is what
I want to keep doing and also what I need to keep doing to
further develop as a product designer. This manifested
itself in the form of the Pneuma Mk.1.
The Philosophy
The board was developed around the design philosophy
that there are three acts of interaction with a product;
noticing it from a distance, coming within its regular usage
distance and getting upclose with the product.
- The exterior of the Pneuma uses fundamental shapes and soft lines without many distracting features. This creates an appealing shape that can be seen from a far and lures the viewer in.
- Once the viewer gets closer he/she can notice the symmetry of the board and design cues like the screwless exterior and the fact that the slope of the board actually differs from the typing angle.
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The final act is the close-up view with the product. Here
the tiny little details like the tight fitment of the
parts, the attention to detail of the internal design and
the quality of the surface finishes from the different
materials that are used.
All this makes for a refined / minimal aesthetic that that lures the viewer at first glance but becomes more and more interesting the closer you get and the longer you look at it. In short, a board that I’m very proud to present here!
Main features
Screwless and seamless exterior
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There are no visible screws on the Pneuma due to the
faceplate at the bottom of the case. This faceplate covers
the screws that hold the base and top piece together and is
secured from the top side by a set of hidden screws.
Slow
rebounding gaskets
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The Pneuma makes use of slow rebounding gaskets. Not
only do these gaskets absorb vibrations between the plate
and case but it also acts like a shock dampener for the
plate to remove the harsh rebound you experience with other
gasket materials.
Covering case angle
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The typing angle differs 1 degree from the case
angle. This covers a small portion of the upper keycaps to
create a more visually even look from the side.
Details
The defined options, pricing and offering will be up
for revision. For more info see Edit 4.
Specs:
Produced by Salvun
5.5° typing angle and 6.5° case
slope
Screwless and seamless exterior design
Slow rebounding gasket mount
Custom pcb by NecromanX
with support for QMK/VIA and the following KLE
layout
HHKB and WKL case layout
Available colors
are: Black, Red or Silver (Samples in options album
below)
Available as an Aluminium edition (approx
1,05kg unbuild) and Stainless edition (approx 2,45kg
unbuild). Please check out the options album below for more
info about the differences between the two editions
Plates
(will become open source after GB)
ANSI: Polycarbonate
or Carbon fiber
ISO: Polycarbonate
Vendors
MyKeyboard [EU]
Deskhero
[CA]
Dailyclack [AU]
Ilumkb [ASIA]
Space (Space
Cables) [US]
Timeline
Unlimited
GB running from 25th of July to 25th of August
Estimated shipping window to vendors in the end of Q1 -
beginning of Q2 2022
DISCLAIMER: The estimated shipping
date to the vendors has been made around the start of the
groupbuy. This date might be subject to change due to
fluctuations of raw material lead times. This currently an
ongoing global issue and it is unsure how long this remains
the situation. Therefore the estimated might be subject to
change!
Pricing
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Yes the prices for the cases are on the higher end of
the spectrum. But this is the lowest I can get them while
still paying the manufacturers and vendors a fair price. The
cost price is already fairly hight due to the machining
complexity of the design. Lemme try and explain things a
bit:
The faceplate is just a few mm thick and requires
a special vacuum fixture (this looks super cool btw) to
machine since it cannot be clamped with a more conventional
fixture.
The large mid base need to be made out of
pretty large chunk with much material loss due to some deep
pockets and these pockets need to be machined at a lower
speed to avoid them bending upwards and not fitting the top.
Speaking of the top,
The top needs to be made out of
an even larger chunk of material (since it completely covers
the edges) and also requires longer tooling to reach the top
gasket pockets and screw holes since the spindle otherwise
interferes with the already thing and delicate side
walls.
Then double the machining time and triple the
tooling cost for the parts that have to be made out of
stainless steel due to stainless being much harder than
aluminium. So it all seems relatively easy from a
theoretical standpoint but the reality is a bit more
challenging due to fixture/tooling/settings
limitations.
So in short, a lot of machining time and
material/tooling cost. What I can assure though is that
the quality that Salvun will deliver for the money will be
absolutely outstanding and spot on. I’ll make sure to make
some more pictures once the private groupbuy units come in
to validate that claim!
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Visuals
Available options and prices:
https://imgur.com/a/8CCrnnk
Render album:
https://imgur.com/a/Use4sz5
Prototype photographs:
http://imgur.com/a/f1F9mzh
Typing test by Koen Romers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycMTcMampFA
Typing test by myself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzqqDP-Ex8s
Thank you for checking out the thread! If you have
any questions feel free to comment below, or join my discord
channel to join the discussion
https://discord.gg/U4xXuGuFrc
- Stef
Edit 1:
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Added image from pricing album to main thread
Edit 2:
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In accordance with the Vendors and Content creators we
decided to push back the GB by a month to 25th of May till
25h of June,this also moves the shipping window to vendors
from end of Q4 2021 to the beginning of Q1 2022. This is in
order to make sure content creators will have enough time to
create video material of the board and that there will be
enough information available for those considering to join
the GB
Edit 3:
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I’ve received word from Salvuns assistant that the boards
meant from streamers and private gb joiner have seen some
difficulties with fixing the old anodizers mistakes (they
completely messed up the coating after keeping the boards
hostage for almost 6 whole months). This means that I won’t
have these units at hand before the groupbuy was planned to
start…
I definitely want these units to be finished
before the groupbuy in order to conclude the private
groupbuy first (as it should) and to give streamers the time
they need to create proper soundtests and imagery. Because
of this I decided to delay the public groupbuy of the Pneuma
to the 25th of July.
My apologies for these delays, I
know a lot of you are eager to join this groupbuy… There was
still a slim change that the boards would be here last week
(hence the late update) but it wasn’t meant to be. Salvun
and I have taken as much measures as we can to prevent these
kinds of delays happening during the public groupbuy by
using new machines and a different anodizer and I hope that
this delay is more that sufficient to assure that we can
start with all the knowledge and boards in the hands they
belong!
Thanks everyone for your patience, and please
let me know if there is anything I can do to keep your
interest peaked!
Edit 4:
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I have some unfortunate news to share. The last couple of
months have been pretty stressful for me with things
regarding the Pneuma GB… Lots of things have been going less
then “optimal” with regards to things like the material
supply, anodizing horrors and DHL damaging nearly every
board that was supposed to be sent towards streamers last
week…
Ofcourse, a certain amount of stress is necessary
to properly run a business, but it has come to the point
that it is starting to affect my physical and mental health
lately… And while I take running groupbuys very seriously it
is still a hobby for me, so once it starts to affect me or
the people around me on a personal level it is time to take
a step back.
All these things have made me realize that
I don’t/can’t have enough control over the situation
atm and that it would be irresponsible to run a groupbuy of
potentially hundreds of boards when there are still quite
some uncertainties (stressing my manufacturers, customers
and myself in the process). That is not a way I wish to
present myself toward my customers during a project…. So
because of this, even though I hate to do it, I have decided
to not run the Pneuma public groupbuy at this point in time
until further notice.
Does that mean the Pneuma will
never run? Absolutely not, but it probably won’t run in the
regular groupbuy format. I am looking towards in-stock
options which will greatly relieve pressure from me and my
suppliers since there is no hard deadline to follow. But
that is all in an infantile phase so I’m still working on
that. For now I’ll be taking a step back to try and build up
this project from the group up.
I expect this comes as
a huge surprise this close before the start of the groupbuy
and I want to appologize to everyone who was excited about
joining in a few days. But I hope that everyone understands
the reasoning behind my decision. I want to thank everyone
for their help and support up and until now and im looking
forward to propose a new plan once the time is right!
- Stef