类型: IC
作者: vosechu
发布时间: 2019-01-27
16:38:52
更新时间: 2019-03-31 23:50:15
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=99161.0
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Background Story
My wife and I joke that she’s a
fish and I’m a bird; and when I think wistfully of the
freedom of flight, I think about that beautiful blue of a
sunny day and those fluffy clouds. This is the set that
speaks to me.
For years I have been trying to cobble
this set together from other sets. I have always loved sets
like SA Cyan and Pulse, but Maxkeys doesn’t do Ortho layouts
and Pulse has black text on the keys and no white modifiers.
And there might be a combination, but it’s probably too
expensive and let’s be honest, new GBs are fun!
Recently,
I acquired a Cyanara Shishi and I realized that I needed to
make this happen. So I sent a message to Melissa at SP and
she thought that my set idea was not just doable, but doable
in a shortish timeframe.
This spurred me on to create
the IC:
5 months ago I started a project to identify common
ortho layouts
https://old.reddit.com/r/keycapdesigners/comments/97kncp/common_ortho_layouts/, so this has been on my mind for a long time. This is a
fairly minimal layout, but I believe it covers almost every
sub-60% ortho/ergo board that I could find. Ergonomics is
really important to me, but it must come with beauty as well
or people will not use it.
KLE layout in hand, I used
CQ_cumbers’ awesome kle-render and finally kbrenders.com to
get a better picture of what I was working towards.
Compatibility
Set
includes compatibility for:
Planck/Preonic/Helix/Let’s Split/Iris//*
Atreus/Atreus62/Laptreus
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Many others
But to keep costs low and timelines short, the set does not include compatibility for: Ergodoxen
Zen/Sol/Hotdox//*
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However, since we’re using standard SP colors, blanks might not be too hard to get. Let me know if it would change your order!
If you want to order blanks, I’ll keep these updated: the currently planned colors are WFK (white) and BBQ (teal blue).
Visibility
WCAG contrast visibility: 2.32.
I really wanted to get to 3.0, but I couldn’t find a standard SP blue that felt right that satisfied that contrast. My family tends to go blind later in life, so this is something I care deeply about.
Let me know if this is critical to you and I’ll try to accommodate!
Pricing
I’m in discussion about prices right now. I’m going to try to keep it inexpensive!
Shipping
Currently I am only planning on doing CONUS shipping via USPS flat rate boxes. Generally this will be between $7-15. This amount will be in addition to the cost of the keys.
Next steps -
1/27 - I plan to collect interest and make amendments for about 1 month (assuming there aren’t huge changes that need doing)
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2/7(ish) - I’ll update this post with color chips from SP to make sure people know exactly what to expect.
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2/9-2/24 - I will be traveling, but I’ll have friends looking after this thread and adjusting if needed.
3/14-3/31 - Second IC
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4/15ish - I’ll post the GB and run it for 2 weeks. Currently this is a small GB, so I’m not worried about needing a logistics vendor, but if there’s huge interest I’ll reach out to Novelkeys, TKC, or one of the many, many other excellent vendors out there that do this for a living!
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4/29 - All payments must be in by this point.
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4/30 - I’ll submit the order to SP and start production. Last quote was about 12 weeks, but I’m a stickler about color so I want to see this before the whole job is done even if it takes a bit longer.
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TBD - Delivery to me/vendor/proxies for distribution
TBD - Delivered to you!
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TBD+1month - Extras to cover returns will be put up for sale or raffled