DSA Scientific

Nov 9, 201812678 VIEWS

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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"

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

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

Tenkeyless + Specialty

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%

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

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

Novelties

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

ISO

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

NorDe

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

Colevrak

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

Renders

Specs

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

Links

Vendor: https://yakk.shop/product-category/dsa-scientific/
Samples: https://imgur.com/a/gQuWYEH
Geekhack GB: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=92780.0
Massdrop poll: https://www.massdrop.com/vote/DSA-Scientific?mode=guest_open

Thanks for listening!

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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

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

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...

oldsantiago21

Jul 4, 2020

Hi, any chance on restock? or plans on High contrast / slate blue (TI-30XIIS) version?

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hema

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

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

Sep 18, 2019

When will this be shipping? Can't wait for it to come in!

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

Sep 15, 2019

voodoo6kThank you.

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htgtmd

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!

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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