类型: IC
作者:
Matrix-Lab
发布时间:
2021-05-14 11:01:04
更新时间: 2021-07-31 11:46:53
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=112811.0
08/01 update:
GB lives now! Plz check it here:
https://www.matrixlab.store/collections/me-gb
07/28 update:
GB will start from August 1st to
August 10th. Thx for your waiting.
Plz join our discord
server or check our store:
matrixlab.store
07/25 update:
Proto building video
ME item list;
ME optional list;
colors pics;
ss bottom plate pic;
pc plate pic;
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sound pack pic;
GB time still not locked yet. Im working out IOSS and VAT things for EU buyer now, may delay GB due to this. Estimated start shipping time wont change.
07/07 update: ME has divided to 2 versions;
Color options locked;
Price locked;
GB time locked;
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Estimated shipping time locked;
05/20 update: -
Instruction for the Top-Gasket mount
05/17 updated: Added pics of prototype
Hi everyone, since 2 months has passed. ME has updated lots
of new things. I decided not to modify the previous
description.
ME now has divided to 2 versions: ‘ME’ and
‘ME se’.
1. Differences between ME and ME se:
Red: Front led part;
Blue: Side led part;
Purple: Bottom plate;
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Green: Poron plate foam and internal silicone pad;
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ME Proto building video*
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Taeha types*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McNugIMWLAQ -
2.Color options:*
ME offers totally 28 colors: -
Basic colors (All coating colors): Coating black/ Coating warm grey/ Ano black/ Ano silver
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Standard colors (All coating colors): China red/ Dirty pink/ Baby pink/ Grass green/ Jade green/ Tiffany/ Grey blue/ Baby blue/ Deep blue/ Blurple/ Deep purple/ Starry night/ Snowing McFlurry/ Light grey/ Sesame grey/ Dark grey/ Baby yellow/ Banana yellow/ Brown/ Chocolate
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Special colors: Creamy white/ White flash/ Blue star/ Nebula
Standard and Special are optional upgrade colors. -
Coating ≠ e-coat, if you want to know more about it, plz check it here:* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatic_coating
24 colors are in Imgur, include the creamy white: https://imgur.com/a/CsUseSb
The other 4 sparkling colors are in Youtube, plz check it here: -
White flash- https://youtu.be/1I0osaSZTwg
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Blue star- https://youtu.be/9iV59TlZwQw
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Snowing McFlurry- https://youtu.be/ADuN-3i5CDg
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Nebula- https://youtu.be/AK8L6nqRuQU
Here are 21 colors of them.
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3. Plate:*
Alu flex plate:
PC plate:
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4. Weight:*
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ME Se with alu bottom plate and MT3 Keycaps is 2476g.
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ME Se with stainless botton plate and MT3 Keycaps is 3086g.
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5. Typing angle*
8°
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6. Layout:*
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7. PCB Feature:*
Programmable, Vial supported. -
8. Price:*
(I feel like im selling a car >.<) -
9. Optional upgrade list:*
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10. GB detail:*
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GB time: 1st August 00:01 to 10th August 23:59 Beijing time GMT+8
GB method: unlimited GB
Estimated start shipping time: December 2021
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Shipping courier: DHL/ SF express/ EMS (DHL in most areas)
Declare: Usually declare it about $50
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11. Estimated shipping time:*
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Shipment will start in December 2021. (Ship with China GB at same time.)
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12. More pics:*
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Pics take from Zfrontier @foni*
Pics take from Matrix lab ‘TD lemon 1900’ -
13. Stainless bottom plate:*
more pics: https://imgur.com/a/vwjuirF
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14. Sound pack:*
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15. Renders:*
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ME*
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ME se*
Thx for your reading! Plz feel free to leave your comment below. I hope my poor English will not cause any misunderstandings.
If you are interested in our keyboard, plz joining in our discord serever: https://discord.gg/JWPFAEk4xD -
Previous introduction:*
More
Hi, friends of Geekhack, here is Albert from Matrix lab!
It’s
been a long while since the our last keyboard IC on
geekhack. This time, we have prepared a lot of new things
for you guys. At the same time, this will also be our first
TKL keyboard officially sold outside of China.
Our
original intention in designing this keyboard is to make it
a concise and practical. You will not see the complicated
external structure design of our previous keyboards on this
one. But you can still see some of our previous iconic
designs, like the led light in the front or the badge in the
back weight. The installation method of badge has been
changed to a magnetic type. More convenient to replace it.
The badge is compitable with our recent keyboards, like the
8xv 2.0 Additional or 6xv 2.0 Falcon. Also, we will offer
badge commission service in the furture.
The front led
part has been designed to a simple replacement method. You
can easily change the shape by replacing a small metal
piece. You can even diy it yourself.
For the mount
method, if you are familiar with us, you probably know that
99% of our keyboards are Top mount. Top mount may be the
most traditional and widely used mounting method. It can
bring a very stable typing feeling experience to users, and
can also be tuned very well. From our opinion, the
relatively simple structure of top mount can support our
complex external design. No matter how complicated our
external design is, we dont have to worry about the internal
structure.
But, we will not use tranditional Top mount
this time.
We designed a new type of Top mount for this
keyboard, and we will just simply call it ‘Top-gasket’
mount. The plate is still fixed to the top case, but its not
fixed by screws directly. The poron gaskets will be sticked
on the plate, and we designed several individual rectangualr
pieces to be locked to the top case to clamp the plate. Plz
check the schematic below.
As you can see in the picture, the blue one is poron
gasket, the red one is fixed strip, and the green one is
case dampening pad. The fixing strip is fixed to the top
case by screws to achieve the effect of clamping the plate.
The purpose of this design is mainly to make it have the
typing feeling of the gasket mount while retaining the high
compatibility of the Top mount. It allows us to design
complex external structures without having to consider the
internal structure too much.
Since I have received a
lot of suggestions for us to remove/adjust the tabs on the
spaces and sides. Here i want to talk about more detail
about the internal structure. As you can see below, thats
how the internal looks like.
As I have said before, this structure inherits the
very flexible advantages of Top mount. The Plate is fixed to
the top case by 8 small metal pieces, and each small metal
pieces has 3 screws hole on it. You can decide how many
screws you want to use on each pieces, and this will
ultimately affect the feel of typing.
Based on this, it
becomes very flexible. You can adjust the typing feel by
adjusting the number of screws used or even the tightness of
the screws. If you dont like the side tabs, you can just
simply remove the metal pieces, and the side tabs it not
working anymore.
Compared with normal gasket mount, I
think this is the biggest difference between us.
To
improve the typing feeling, we also designed a new type of
plate as an upgrade item. A ultra flex one! Plz check the
pics below.
We want to increase the resilience of each key when
you typing on it, and at same time, it wont fall down at the
corner. So we set up flex cut for each keys in the main
typing area. The result of this is that it both increases
rebound and maintains rigidity. The processing cost of the
flex plate is more than three times that of the normal one.
So this will be a upgrade choice during GB.
Renders:
This is not the final version, there are still some
details to be adjusted
Prototype:
Typing angle
8°
Layout:
PCB Feature:
Programmable, Vial
supported.
Thx for your reading! Plz feel free to leave
your comment below. I hope my poor English will not cause
any misunderstandings.
If you are interested in our
keyboard, plz joining in our discord serever:
https://discord.gg/JWPFAEk4xD