类型: IC
作者: dimsum
发布时间: 2022-03-15
08:41:57
更新时间: 2022-06-22 12:20:51
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=116569.0
Hi yall!
Very excited to show you something I have been
working on for over a year now:
PAL
Your friendly neighborhood 60% ft. an
exploded arrow key cluster
IC Form
Discord
<<< This is where the good updates are; if you feel
like following this project - come and hang out.
Instagram
{Sry, long intro}
More
I have spent the entirety of the year 2021 using various
renditions of this layout as my daily drivers - starting
with a handwired PLA print and moving onto a nicer
SLA-printed case with a functioning PCB proto.
This has
been one of the personal projects that I completely fell in
love with, as it decisively solved the 60% arrow key
contention for me. Now I am hoping that a few more people
out there will find it helpful too.
From now on, the
goal is to release a robust entry-level package and begin
the popularization of the PAL layout.
A lot of time has
been spent in pursuit of simplifying and optimizing the
assembly, which is why Geons tadpole mount came in extra
clutch. Released right around the time I was experimenting
with mounting styles for my own boards, it ticks the most
important boxes for me: closely resembles a top-mount in its
feel, while eliminating screws and hence minimizing
complexity of the assembly.
Ive been very fortunate to
make some great new friends in this hobby and their feedback
and encouragement has been extremely helpful on my journey
here. And hence I am really happy to say that the good folks
at Protozoa Studio have become an invaluable acquaintance,
offering their help to run & QC this project.
Together
we aim to put out a clean, relatively simple package at a
very reasonable price while utilizing Protozoas awesome
manufacturing network to ensure the best quality.
Specs
This
is where we sit currently:
-6063 alu
-tadpole
mount
-6° typing angle
-front face height ≈17.5mm
(w/o feet), 18.8mm (with feet)
-effective keyboard
height (EKH) ≈ 21.5mm
-FR4 Plate
-about 1kg fully
built
-solderable pcb by Yiancar
-hotswap pcb
layout TBA
-no weights
-no daughterboard
-no
foam (might cave in on this one due to apparent demand)
-colors
TBA (tentatively - silver, black, volcanic green)
-target
price - under US$300 (how much under is TBD)
-vendor,
manu, qc - Protozoa Studio
-regional vendors TBA
-timeline
TBA
Layouts
Renders
Special Thanks
-Ecto & Protozoa team for
making this happen
-Geon for the tadpole mount
(bless)
-Ramon Imbao (RMI-KB) for the help with the
early proto PCBs
-my homie YZ (Hex Keyboards) for all
the positive encouragement
-MechMerlin for all of the
youtube tutorials on qmk/via (absolute mvp)
-Simon for
treating Ron the way he deserves to be treated.
-rest
of the community for a good ride <3
Signature code in case you would like to support the
project:
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