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iFreilicht

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Feb 28, 2015
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Since most RGB kits are 12V anyway (like the Asus AURA "standard"), wouldn't it suffice to just seperately power the 12V and let your button control the RGB channels ?

Or maybe use your controller PCB seperately for use atop a USB header, you could possibly piggyback of the already done design and production to expand to a whole new market in dire need of RGB controlling with lightweight software and tiny hardware.

See my reply here. That got quite long.
 
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iFreilicht

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Modelled a potential case for my next keyboard, an OLKB Atomic with hot-swappable switches.
Top is milled, probably from Aluminium and acts like a 5mm thick plate. Bottom is from brass, could also be aluminium, but brass looks bad-ass. Not sure whether to go for this or more of a WKL style with the two missing keys.

Now I'd need 3D models of DSA keycaps, but the only ones are found are scaled down by an order of magnitude and are meshes, so I can't just scale them in inventor.




Fun fact: half of those screws are faux (they're not actually holding the plate in place) because the mounting holes in the PCB are anti-symmetrical.

 

HeroXLazer

King of Cable Management
Sep 11, 2016
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Modelled a potential case for my next keyboard, an OLKB Atomic with hot-swappable switches.
Top is milled, probably from Aluminium and acts like a 5mm thick plate. Bottom is from brass, could also be aluminium, but brass looks bad-ass. Not sure whether to go for this or more of a WKL style with the two missing keys.

Now I'd need 3D models of DSA keycaps, but the only ones are found are scaled down by an order of magnitude and are meshes, so I can't just scale them in inventor.




Fun fact: half of those screws are faux (they're not actually holding the plate in place) because the mounting holes in the PCB are anti-symmetrical.

What spacing are you using? 19.05, 19, 13.97, 14?
 
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HeroXLazer

King of Cable Management
Sep 11, 2016
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Trying to learn Solidworks assemblies and designing a keyboard in it. I can't move a part in an assembly. Any tips?
 
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