Rev 2 PCB’s have arrived – 15 of them!
Now waiting on enough Arduino Pro micros and switches to start making kits up!
Each DIY kit will probably contain the following – i’ll firm up with pictures once i’m done test populating a rev2 board
- 70 Standard switches
- 70 Diodes – Through hole (possible SMT option also depending on price)
- 1 USB Hub
- 1 PCB – Rev 2 or later
- 1 USB cable
- two small pieces of heatshrink tubing
- a couple of pieces of wire
- 1 Arduino Pro micro – Pre-programmed with QMK firmware and custom Keymaps
- Some instructions
- a set of FDM – Filament printed keyswitches – These probably won’t be ‘perfect’ so i’ll be chucking them in as effective freebies as I won’t be releasing the keycaps as a digital file.
About that last part – I’ve spent countless hours on creating these keycaps, and still have more to go. I’ll eventually release them as a Digital file, but for now, you’ll be able to at least use the freebies to see if new keycaps are for you.
If you wanted a professionally printed set, i’ll be arranging something with a printing bureau somehow… It’s also likely i’ll be able to source reasonably costed SLA resin prints of these…watch this space
And for the money shots…….I’ve finished the top row of key text!
Now I’ve gotten the first row done, the next three should be significantly quicker.
The text is recessed into the key by about 0.4-0.6mm – between 2 and 6 layers of 3D print, not really enough to be clearly felt – but enough to be ‘seen’
After that, there’s the optimisation for printing – Filleting the edges – trialling depths and generally finding out what actually works, looks and feels good
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