Custom TKL Mechanical Keyboard
Hardware- 2 Devlogs
- 24 Total hours
A custom tenkeyless keyboard designed to be thin, sleek, and nice.
Waiting on a reviewer. We'll let you know as soon as there's a decision.
Hi! This looks amazing, but as a keyboard, this currently quaalifies for A tier, which is $120 funding. However there are some ways you can reduce the cost.
If you order the switches, keycaps, and MCU from aliexpress or some other source, they shooudl end up being significantly cheaper. Also make sure that you are using the cheapest shipping on JLCPCB. If you are still over, you order the just the PCB and try SMD soldering yourself as a last resort if it is still over the budget. Becase just the PCB is a lot cheaper, and you are already soldering the keys and MCU.
These 10 hours were filled with forgetfulness and pain, made lots of mistakes :))))
Finished the PCB, had a couple issues with unconnected pins, errors, and edge.cuts n stuff
Coded keyboard in QMK, uploaded to git repo, pretty simple
Most of time was spent designing the case/cover for the keyboard, had lots of roadblocks along the way though….
Firstly, I forgot how to actually sketch? I don’t know how it happened
Then, I forgot that I need a top shell for my keyboard…
Had a couple other issues with placing of switches and parts, but CAD is now Mostly done, just gotta figure out mounting/putting it all together, and making a slot for the MicroUSB cable
Started work on 80% keyboard!
1st attempt didn’t work to well - the wiring was a mess, so I ended up redoing the matrix and scaling down from 104 to 87.
Working on CAD for it now, planning on doing something cool with wooden filament.
