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krazyken04
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Jul 9, 2019
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Pros: Heavy aluminum case, easy to solder, good quality PCB, after digging some you the instructions followed make it simple to do the normal flashing of QMK. Cons: Under-lighting will never be visible, instructions are difficult to track down, not hot-swappable (but read below to see how I made mine hot-swappable). EDIT: Almost forgot, I really wish they also sold some stabilizers with it. Having a really tough time tracking down these weird space bar sized stabs. The angle of the photo exaggerates the spacebar problems but you can definitely see the issue there. --------- 8 Pictures below all the rambling ---------- The board is really great and everything arrived on time and intact. The case is quite heavy. Nothing like the super premium stuff, but much heavier than I thought it would be. It is fully programmable via QMK. I've got an interesting layout that I have been able to fumble through while learning to program with. I used SIP sockets to make the board hot-swappable. You can find those over on Digikey.com with part #8134-HC-8P2-SI-ND Switches are a mix of several different ones while I wait on new switches to ship, though I quite like this setup currently:
  1. Majority of keys are Kailh BOX Thick Clicks (Navies)
  2. Bigger side keys like shift, tab, and enter are Kailh BOX Thick Clicks (Jades)
  3. Anything my weak pinky hits are Kailh Speed Golds
Keycaps: @MiTo's GMK Laser Set
  1. Cyberdeck kit
  2. Mitowaves
  3. Blocknet
On to the photos! PCB (Top side) - Note: SIP Sockets installed
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PCB (Bottom side) - Note: SIP Sockets installed You can actually see where I missed the "O" key here in this photo!
Third from the left side of the photo.
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PCB Side View with SIP Sockets
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Case Top
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Case Bottom
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Case with PCB
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Weird key combos for my wimpy pinkies
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Sasooki
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Oct 28, 2019
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krazyken04Hey i have a question, What are the sizes of the bottom space keycaps as well as the shift?
Oct 28, 2019
Joshimitsu
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Jan 14, 2020
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SasookiLeft shift is 2u which makes the bottom row stagger terrible. Compare where the Z key is compared to Q and W on your keyboard - then look at this one. Bottom row supports 1-1-1-2.75-2.25-1-1-1-1 or 1-1-1-3-3-1-1-1 layouts.
Jan 14, 2020
tetris
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Apr 15, 2020
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krazyken04hey, do know how much clearance is between the pcb and the case? I wanna get mill max sockets. And im wondering if i need to get a flush one or if getting one that pokes out more will be okay.
Apr 15, 2020
krazyken04
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May 14, 2020
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tetrisSorry for the crazy late reply! I got the ones that poke out and it worked just fine! No idea on clearance measurements though. That keeb is at the office and they’ve locked us out due to covid
May 14, 2020
tetris
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May 18, 2020
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krazyken04Okay great, thanks!
May 18, 2020
godOmelet
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Jul 12, 2020
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krazyken04Dude that's a brilliant solution to achieve hot-swappable switch installation. Do you see any downsides to this solution? I've long avoided any kits that involved soldering because I suck at it. This may make me finally pull the trigger on a kit. Thank you so much for posting this part #!
Jul 12, 2020
Uppiiish
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Nov 12, 2020
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krazyken04Hey how do u make the underglow led work? they said on the aliexpress websitre that u have to use libusb
Nov 12, 2020
tetris
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Nov 13, 2020
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UppiiishIm not sure about kraken but I used qmk to flash it. You just have to create a hex file i believe.
Nov 13, 2020
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