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voodoo6k
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Nov 9, 201812714 VIEWS
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Orders are now closed. Details below:
Opened from April 10 to May 10, 2019.
What is it? DSA Scientific is a group buy of keycaps featuring themes inspired by TI calculators. Who is it for? If you like the colours, then it's for you! This keyset is aimed at common layouts from full-size down to 40%. The design Various design choices have been made to capture the essence of TI scientific calculators and provide the best typing experience:
  • "Deep teal" accent colour specially matched to Pantone® 7476 C
  • LaTeX styled novelties (including a reduced Planck constant key for your Planck board)
  • Colour add-ons and alternates for all tastes
  • Homing bars and bumps instead of scooped keys
  • Doubleshot legends that do not fade
  • All-in-one 40's kit

The DSA profile

Signature Plastics DSA family: "medium profile, spherical top and non-sculptured"
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The DSA profile fits all styles of keyboards and is especially adequate for small boards. When designing the following kits, we made sure that these boards were covered, among others:
  • 60% to full-size
  • Planck / Preonic
  • Ducky Pocket
  • Vortex Race 3 and Core
  • Tokyo60, Tofu HHKB
  • 96-key and 1800 boards
  • Small keyboards

Kits

Alphas
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  • Includes Homing barred "F" & "J" and 1u "\" keys

Tenkeyless + Specialty
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  • 60%, TKL and WKL modifiers
  • Compatibility for various bottom rows
  • 1.75u "Shift", "Control" keys and offset "Caps Lock" keys
  • 1.5u "2nd" and "Clear" (compatible with Vortex Race 3)
  • Includes a small colour pack and a Homing barred down-arrow

Orthogonal + 40%
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  • Planck / Preonic in both Grid an MIT layouts
  • Covers Vortex Core, MiniVan, JD40, Sebright, AMJ40 and anything in between
  • Includes various alternates and a Homing barred down-arrow

Numpad
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  • Covers most number pads, including the Ducky Pocket
  • Includes Homing bump "5" and extra "Calc" and "2nd" keys

Novelties
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  • Various constants and operators, namely pi and h-bar (the reduced Planck constant)
  • Deep teal 1.25u modifiers for various keyboards

ISO
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  • Coloured "Enter" keys and dark 1u "`" and "\" for symmetrical look

NorDe
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  • ISO add-on that covers Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian and Swedish layouts

Colevrak
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  • Homing barred "H U N T" keys for Dvorak and Colemak layouts


Renders
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Specs
  • Made in USA by Signature Plastics
  • DSA spherical profile
  • Doubleshot ABS plastic
  • Cherry MX compatible

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Jong121
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Mar 10, 2022
Late to the party. Are these keycaps still available in 2022? They seem to be sold out everywhere I look!
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thomooo
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Apr 28, 2022
Is there a surefire way not to miss the next upcoming group buy? Anywhere I can subscribe? Thanks for all the effort, hopefully I can get my hands on a set!
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voodoo6k
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Apr 30, 2022
thomoooFollow the old DSA Scientific GB thread on geekhack, I will update it once the new IC is up. Cheers
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Triticus
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Oct 21, 2020
Looking to pick these up late, specifically the Ortho + 40%. Any chance of that?
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voodoo6k
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Oct 21, 2020
TriticusOnly on mechmarket, I'm afraid. Round 2 would probably have a different colour scheme...
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oldsantiago21
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Jul 4, 2020
Hi, any chance on restock? or plans on High contrast / slate blue (TI-30XIIS) version?
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hema
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Sep 19, 2020
whats the best way to keep on top of that IC going live? Is it going to be on GH or here? Thanks. Also just discovered this set it’s hands down the best looking ortho option imo. Wouldn’t want to miss the R3. oof. Just saw R3 is SA, not DSA? Or still tbd?
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voodoo6k
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Sep 19, 2020
hemaHey, SA vs DSA still TBD. Since there is no geekhack thread yet, Discord: https://discord.gg/zVgCQyK
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AlainSantos
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Oct 5, 2019
I think this is a stretch, but is there any way to still purchase these?? I just recently started looking for key caps and these look superb.
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voodoo6k
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Oct 5, 2019
AlainSantosYes! Extras are / will be available at TheKey.Company (US), Mykeyboard.eu (Europe), zFrontier (Asia) & yakk.shop (Canada) (sold out).
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mtaylor
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Sep 18, 2019
When will this be shipping? Can't wait for it to come in!
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voodoo6k
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Sep 19, 2019
mtaylorShipping as we speak!
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voodoo6k
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Sep 3, 2019
Currently shipping from manufacturer!
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voodoo6k
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Sep 15, 2019
Your vendor is Mykeyboard.eu
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paul1985
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Sep 15, 2019
voodoo6kThank you.
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htgtmd
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Jul 10, 2019
Will it ever be possible to purchase this again? Looks like it's sold out everywhere.
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voodoo6k
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Jul 10, 2019
htgtmdThe set is currently in production and extras should be available around September!
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hampusk
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May 24, 2019
I had no idea this was run here. I've been waiting for ages for this to come to life only to miss it. Extremely disappointed. New massdrop (drop) design certainly didn't help.
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hampusk
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May 24, 2019
I have emailed Mykeyboard and asked if the might have some extras. You know where chances are best?
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voodoo6k
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May 24, 2019
hampuskDon't worry! All vendors got extras. Probably Mykeyboard or TKC depending on your region.
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dvorcol
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May 17, 2019
Final numbers:
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There is also a bar graph showing MOQs.
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