Drop Mech Keys Meetup Recap - Thanks for Visiting!
As you may have seen, we just hosted our first meetup in quite a while here at Drop HQ (Corsair HQ, but they seem to like us enough :) )! It was a blast to get to meet so many enthusiasts local to the bay area—it had been 10 years since I was last hanging out with keyboard nerds in the bay, at KeyCon 2014. We had a great time hosting everyone at the offices, checking out all the very nice boards y'all brought, and sharing some of our own projects/spaces! I knew it would be fun to host in the Game Room when I first saw it in person, but seeing it come to fruition was still so cool. Alright, I'll stop blabbering on now. xD Picture time! (Oh, real quick - there will be more of these! Stay tuned for more info and to catch the next one!)
May 15, 2024
I have since put some rgb on it, just like the review samples, and am waiting to get my switches so that I can swap the Cherry out with something good. Hopefully some holtites will fit to make it swappable!
I used these pictures as a reference, https://imgur.com/a/jPuYOXC , from a review of the board, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DElZ9fodxpU .
For the leds I used 3528 rgb with a common anode, https://www.ebay.com/itm/100pcs-SMD-0402-0603-0805-1206-3528-2835-5050-5730-LED-Diodes-White-RGB-Light/122017200261?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=421021698677&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Here is what mine looks like now
This is the RGB control for the Pok3r RGB that works with the Vibe
There are also solder recepticals like these Mill-Max, https://www.digikey.com/products/en?keywords=7305&keywords=7305-0-15-15-47-27-10-0&pkeyword=7305&v=. They might work better since you can fill in the extra space with solder. Here is an album that a reddit user made using them. https://imgur.com/a/uN1HhPC
https://www.massdrop.com/vote/DIY-Hot-Swap