类型: IC
作者: huey
发布时间: 2021-06-02
13:24:09
更新时间: 2021-06-02 13:24:09
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=113168.0
DCSHoneywell
Imagine reading ICs in 2021
IC Form
Introduction
Hello Geekhack. I
have been disgruntled with the lack of options when it comes
to Signature Plastics DCS. Barring a few projects that have
been going on over the last few months, there have been very
little in ways of offerings for DCS.
This, and an
admiration for the timeless colour-way that is Honeywell,
together has prompted the idea of trying to organise a run
of DCS Honeywell.
History
More
The Honeywell colourway is one that takes its colours from a
series of vintage terminal boards. These boards were
produced and sold by the Honeywell brand a few decades after
the acquisition of the Micro-Switch company and associated
trademarks in 1950. These used their now distinguished SD
series of Hall Effect switches. The caps used were very
thick, tall, spherical, double-shot caps; and were made in a
few configurations for different use-cases, whilst generally
maintaining a familiar colour scheme. The Honeywell colour
scheme as we know it in our modern use incorporates the grey
and white scheme with the additions of red accents that have
become timeless over the many years and rounds - This
project is no different, though it is missing a black
numpad
Colours
The colours used
will be WKF (alpha), GPA (mods), and RAS (accents). Please
dont take this picture as a colour accurate source.
More
Kitting
This base kit supports ANSI/(UK)ISO 104, 1800, F13,
Tsangan/MX HHKB, basic alice, and dirty mod pipe/tilde
users. It also includes the choice of barred or nippled
homing F, J and 5 keys.
Kitting is by no means final. I
will be keeping an active eye on feedback and make
reasonable changes as and when based on thematic choices and
compatibility for the community.
The biggest point of
contention I have is alice/split spacebar support. SP DCS
spec states that spacebars under 3u
are not produced convex (like
normal spacebars), but are concave (like shifts).
This
means there is no
functional (albeit, aesthetic)
difference from using shifts as spacebars. This is the
reason I haven’t supported those layouts out-right, but I am
open to supporting them given the popularity of the layout.
In the IC form, you can vote whether this should be added
considering the information given.
I am going back and
forth on legend for the mods, and haven’t made a definite
decision. I will be sticking with text+icon, but SP has
options to choose from. For now, the renders will reflect
the “stock” mod legending until final changes have been
made, and finalised renders can be… rendered.
**Renders
**
Boards rendered:
Flamingo by Geon
Evolv by
NathanAlphaMan
A Keyboard
Qs and As
More
Will you remove UK-ISO from base?
No.
Ne
alice/split space support avail?
Read the kitting
section carefully.
Lmao why DCS? It’s trash.
No.
No
child kits?
DCS interest quite obviously isn’t very
high comparatively to other profiles. Adding child kits is
certainly an option for more compat, but is also a point of
failure.
If there is a decent amount of interest, I
would love to add more compat and thematic choices via child
kits/shifting kitting. But I’m not banking on it.
10u?
Yes
please.
Estimate pricing?
I think its a bit of a
pipe dream, but if a 200 MOQ could be met. Then my target
price would be $110 (or less) with this base kit in mind.
This obviously isnt a final price.
Thanks/Credit
Credit to Miruim and 7bit for bringing this classic
colourway to us in the first place via Deskthority.
Thanks
to livingspeedbump/Andy for his blessing.
Thanks to
friends that have given their time to provide me with
feedback.
Thanks to Seoulcialite for the valuable
information he has given to me.
Thanks to
NathanAlphaMan for doing fantastic renders. It’s great to
see DCS models getting better and better.