What’s included:
- Black printed circuit board (NB no base plate or switch plate is included like our other kits, this is just the PCB)
- Diodes (60)
What’s not included (and you’ll need you source yourself):
- A case (3D printed case designs are sold here and available to print yourself here)
- A switch plate (this is optional, the PCB has 5 pin holes so you can go plateless on your build)
- MX or choc (v1 only) compatible switches (3 pin or 5 pin, up to 60 of them depending on the layout)
- A controller (Pro Micro, Pro Micro USB-C, RP2040 Pro Micro or compatible footprint controllers like the Elite-C, Nice!Nano, or RP2040 based controllers with a Pro Micro footprint)
- Keycaps
- PCB mount stabilisers (if you have a 4 or 5 row layout then you can optionally have 1 or 2 2u keys (‘spacebars’) in the middle of the row)
- Rotary Encoder (we sell these here)
- Mill-max sockets (optional, we sell them here, if you want to make your keyboard switches hot swappable, then you can solder the sockets in and then hot swap switches)
What tools and equipment will you need to build this keyboard:
- A soldering iron
- Solder
- Flux (optional but recommended)
- Flush cutters (these are super helpful in snapping the board to your preferred size)
- A small amount of electrical tape (for preventing shorts on the keys directly above the controller)
Supported layouts:
5×12 Keyboard layout editor link and 4×12 Keyboard layout editor link
Supported layouts include:
- Bottom row options (for both 4 row and 5 row variants, but not 3 row):
- 2 x 2u in the middle
- 2 x 1u, 1 x 2u
- 1 x 2u, 2 x 1u
- 1u, 2u, 1u
- A single rotary encoder in one of 8 places (marked with e)
