类型: IC
作者: smollchungus
发布时间: 2022-11-17
12:01:41
更新时间: 2022-11-18 02:14:21
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118885.0
Smollpad
Intro
Heyhey, Smoll here, small keyboard enjoyer
from the Netherlands. lets keep it short and sweet!
Id
like to present to you, the Smollpad, a 5-key macropad
tray.
As an ode to blockers, Im planning to run 3
different versions; The Smollpad Alice, HHKB, and
Winkeyless.
The pad will feature a hotswap PCB,
brass/copper weight, magnets and a Cerakote finish.
IC form
MOQ/Price/Logistics
Price: aiming
around USD 120
MOQ(and cap): 150 units
Vendors: To
be decided
Sale format: Probably FCFS
Color
Considerations
Planning to run 3-4 colors, definitive colors will
follow from
IC form
response.
Prototype photos
Raw sandblasted units, with mirror polished copper
and brass weights.
2 WKL units in Desert Verde H256 and Crushed Orchid
H314.
Close-up texture.
USB cutout.
Sandblasted + Cerakote weight and plate.
Magnets in action.
Bottom view with magnets, will be cerakoted together
with the pad in the future. Brass coating slightly darker,
considering priming it gray for a better match. Also will
inset the feet a bit deeper.
Backyard patina.
Weight screws in from the bottom side and provides
entrance for the plate and PCB, feet cover the screws. The
feet will be vacuumcast silicone, ordered some black and
grey prototypes, will colormatch them to the colors for the
GB units.
Whats inside?
- Case
- Hotswap PCB
- Plate
- Brass or copper weight
-
Hardware + spares
About me
Heyhey, my name is Matthijs, and Im a Biopharmacy student from Rotterdam, the Netherlands! You might also know me as Smoll(chungus). Ive been doing PCB design, along with 3D CAD and some rendering for almost 2 years now!
Done a few commissioned boards and very small private runs ( gallery on my website for reference), however Im hoping to run this macropad as my first proper Groupbuy!
Smoll shoutout to everyone who helped me during the project and the past year in general, it means a lot.
Links
IC form
Discord
Instagram
for contact, shoot me a Discord DM over at Smoll.mk/#0001