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is it possible to change all of the switches to gateron red because i just don't enjoy the white switches and i'd prefer the red ones but i'm not sure, and i was wondering too if you could change the switches to the ones for the tkl 9
Need I say more? I'm pumped.
I'm upgrading from the lowest end Keychron K2 and a crappy plastic Logitech gaming board that double types. I also recently got an Epomaker EK21 numpad that I am very happy with.
Any reason I'll be disappointed in the Beta vs $70 more for the Reboot (coupon works but $20 shipping gets added)?
Space65 R3 (Storm) Burgundy Badge | Osume Dusk with Novelties
Soundtest: https://youtube.com/shorts/kgvAOmmlGTk?si=iADr4LN7g8UF60jJ
I just got both of these in the past month.
I’ve already done the tape and force break mods on the Keychron Q6 and my lord is that thing nice to type on! The sound with the tall key caps is SO deep! I prefer the cherry mx profile caps and tried some of those on the Keychron. The feel was amazing, but they were way higher pitched. Not bad, but not as good as the KSA caps that came with it. It’s taking some getting used to trying to type on these keycaps, but I just love how it looks and sounds. I’ll get used to the typing.
I haven’t done any mods to the Nuphy air yet. I love how light it is and the typing feel is really nice. I got the tactile Nuphy moss switches. I wasn’t prepared for how loud this thing is though. I knew it wasn’t quiet, but I was very self conscious about it the first time I took it to the office. Hopefully I can find some mods to quiet it down because other than that, it’s perfect for a traveling keyboard for me.
Anyway, I’ve just entered the rabbit hole. I can’t wait to see how deep I can go!
Thanks Strumace. The mousepad just arrived today. Took a while, understandable since I live halfway across the world from Jersey.
I love the mousepad! It's amazing!
Just wanted to show off a little. 😁
So i just bought my first mechanical keyboard Aula f75 and i read batteries explode due to overcharging, well i want to use it in only at Wired mode, the f75 is tri mode but when i use it at wired the battery indicator lits up so idk if it's charging up, so can i limit the battery? and does wired mode turn off the battery and draws power form the wire?
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I'm building a custom set on cherry profile keycaps and am really torn between the traditional top left position for the legends, or the "what's old is new again" center position.
And would you ever mix and match? Maybe if letters are all top left, but modifiers like home, insert, alt/ctrl are centered? Should all the left keys be aligned left with each other or centered? Considering this because while "F1" left aligned looks nice, when you do the same thing with "home" it just looks ALMOST centered but not quite.
I've never thought twice about this stuff but once I try to design it myself all of a sudden I'm having a philosophical crisis over the right positioning of legends!
I have been using the basic FR4 that came with my Reviung41 (built by u/boardsource.xyz - highly recommend). There are very few cases for it, but I stumbled upon a "Delta" case on thingiverse).
I used u/Moonraker0ne (found through r/3Dprintmything for getting the 3D prints done. New build shown here. Great color match with the case and the keycapser. Amazing work and highly recommend him for any 3D Print work you have!!
This is the Macrolev, a 65% iso enter Hall effect board designed by u/ezotsu based on the stm32 chip. you’ll find the pcb files, case cad files firmware and a whole bunch of other goodies like a web configurator on the Macrolev Github repo. I’m so excited to try features like rapid trigger etc without breaking the budget! Things to note: first time doing any real smd stuff so I did the buttons first rather than last and slightly burned one of them. Also some of the 0402 package caps are a size up (0603) because I had to make do with what I have since all of those components were salvaged from e waste that I collect for that very purpose. I of course had to buy the multiplexers and stm32 controller etc.