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Drop CTRL V1 Mechanical Keyboard PCBA

Drop CTRL V1 Mechanical Keyboard PCBA

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Inside every CTRL keyboard is a high-performance PCBA—an assembled printed circuit board—that brings it to life. For the first time ever, we’re bringing that same PCBA to our community members as a standalone component Read More

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4.4
(71 reviews)
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JM-DG
19
Feb 2, 2021
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Love it
Pros:
  • Works well out of the box
  • Possibility to reprogram it with QMK
  • Brights LEDs (per key & sides)
  • 2 USB-C inputs
  • Hot-swappable
Cons:
  • No possibility to have screwin stabs.
  • No possibility to have 5 pins switches
  • Demands high USB power (not any cable can work)

Recommends this product? Yes
TekGadgt
10
Jan 9, 2024
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Haven't had to use it yet
Had an issue with a fully assembled CTRL board that was covered by Drop. Bought this as a backup so I could replace the PCB in the future if needed. Seems to be high quality, as are most Drop products.
Recommends this product? Yes
BrownieB
11
Feb 27, 2022
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South Facing LEDS please!
The PCB is unique in the sense that it provides 2 usb c input ports. This is great as my PC at home is on my left, and at work, its on the right. Additionally, if one of the ports breaks or snaps off some how, you're not entirely screwed. The LEDS and the underglow LEDS are super bright and look fantastic against the acrylic accent piece of the drop CTRL. My biggest gripe with this is that LEDS are north facing so some switches may cause interference with cherry profile keycaps. With long pole stems becoming the norm lately though, this is becoming less and less of an issue, plus north facing LEDS typically are better for RGB lovers who use shine-through caps. I hope future renditions of this PCB support pcb mount stabilizers (screw ins) as they sound and feel much better than plate mount. All in all, this is a fantastic PCB and it is appropriately priced for what it offers.
Recommends this product? Yes
kkakihat
6
Sep 6, 2021
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Works like a charm
I was pleasantly surprised the quality of the LEDs, sometimes LEDs can be a little lacking in the brightness department. I have much more expensive PCBs that aren't nearly as bright.
Recommends this product? Yes
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It's A Replacement Board
I see a lot of people giving this high ratings for two reasons:
  1. It fits inside the CTRL keyboard
  2. It was in stock and they were able to buy it.
Neither one of those features are extraordinary, at best they're the absolute minimum requirements for this product. The only reason to buy this is if your CTRL PCB died or you are building one from scratch with the special colored CTRL cases that Drop sells. Availability for this product is generally poor. It is currently in stock, but goes out of stock and disappears for months. Drop, of course, won't even acknowledge posts asking when it's going to come back in stock. If you have a dead keyboard or an empty case, this is really frustrating (no how pretty the case anodization is). Next, the board is pretty poor as far as keyboard PCBs go. It appears to have a high failure rate, mostly due to the way the Kailh sockets were soldered. For issues where one USB port stops working, it's just too frustrating to try to fix it yourself, because the PCB traces are such a rat's nest. On top of that there are the standard complaints, it does not support PCB mount switches and the switches are north facing.
Recommends this product? No
EarlySkrimp
11
Jul 20, 2022
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Lacks modern features
Features of the PCB - remapping keys, led control - are a bit lacking compared to modern PCBs. Via support would do wonders for Drop boards.
Recommends this product? No
Rome1
11
May 10, 2021
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PCB Still no 5 pin Switch Support
I wish drop would update these PCB to support 5 pin switches. No alternatives at the moment.
Recommends this product? No
Santransisco
25
Feb 24, 2021
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LED Whine
There is noticable LED Whine in the PCB I received
Recommends this product? No
sultanofslack
1
Oct 22, 2022
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Total CRAP
Received my first PCB, tested it only to find that more than half the switches didn't work. Received a second PCB only to discover while building the board that SO FAR 3 of the F keys don't work. Tried multiple switches in every non-working key and NOTHING. This was my first purchase from Drop and you can trust I won't be a return customer nor will I suggest them to anyone.
Recommends this product? No
rchetal
0
Jun 16, 2022
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Works great to replace old 4+ year old PCB
My old PCB was causing issues with plugging in and out and this resolved the issues. I wish they'd add an edition with 5 pins or a rotary encoder though.
Recommends this product? Yes
Sticklera
0
Jun 16, 2022
rchetalYou were having disconnection issues and replacing the PCBA with a newer one fixed the issue?
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