Plaid Gold Keyboard Kit - USB-C MX/Choc
€64.00
% €69.00 (7% saved)
Ready to ship: Delivery time 2-5 workdays (Germany), 5-14 workdays (EU), 10-20 workdays (Int.)
Description
With most modern kits its hard to say what it takes to get a beautiful, working mechanical keyboard. But the Plaid - designed by Takuya Urakawa - is a feature complete ortholinear 40% mechanical keyboard that has nothing to hide.
Unlike the original Plaid Kit the Plaid Gold Kit offers additional switch options as well as an updated USB-C connection while maintaining the accessibility of the build. It features only easy-to-solder through hole components, but is still fully equiped with everything you need to use it on a daily basis. If you need an additional macropad the Plaid-Pad will be the perfect companion.
Product features:
- Through-hole components
- 4x12 ortholinear layout
- MX Style (3 or 5 pin), Choc, or Choc V2 switches
- Easy change the keymap with VIAL GUI, no coding required
- QMK, VIA and VIAL compatible Microcontroller Unit (ATMEGA328P)
- USB-C connectivity
- Bottom plate with two different artworks on both sides
Kit Includes:
- Main PCB, top and bottom plate
- All required solder components
- Transparent acrylic guard plate (3mm)
- Brass spacers and screws
- Self adhesive rubber feet
Note:
For transport the acryl guard plate has a bluish protection film applied, which should be removed before assembly.
The USB-C can be difficult to solder properly without using flux. If you want me to do it for you add the USB-C Soldering Service.
You need:
- 48x MX or Choc switches
- USB-C cable
- Keycaps
- Slotted screwdriver
- Soldering equipment
You optionally need:
- 2U Stabilizer (No Plate mount!)
- Plaid dampening foam
Guides:
- Soldering Guide
You can follow the Build-Guide for the normal Plaid pcb. The only differnece are the two additional resistors (R9 & R10 are 5.1kOhm).
- Installing the bottom PCB and acrylic cover
The case assembly is very similiar to the Plaid-Pad. Here is a video of it. - How to enter Bootloader Mode
Download Links:
Photos of the completed kit are for demonstration purposes only. Please note that this kit must be assembled (soldering) and does not include switches or keycaps.
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Manufacturer: Keycapsss | Benjamin Rösner, Löhrstr. 11, 04105 Leipzig, Germany
Contact: Keycapsss.com
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Transparent housing, gold plated steel For 60% and 87% keyboards Compatible with MX PCBs New V2 version have an improved housing to help prevent wire popping. Material: Nylon PA Plastic Includes: 1x 2U stabilizer (V3), washers and golden screws (Soulmate stabilizer sticker set not included)or 4x 2U and 1x 6.25U stabilizers (V2), washers and golden screws + Soulmate stabilizer sticker set V3 Features DUROCK V3 Screw-in Stabilizer is with innovative design on stems base on V2.The upgrade stem/slider is with Smaller wire gap and Elastic support base to Minimize the wire wobble and noise.The V3 PCB Mount Stabilizer is able to be used directly with less tuning. Innovative Elastic Support Base Smaller Wire Gap
This carbon top plate fit's to the Planck HI-PRO bottom case from OLKB. Supports MIT and GRID layout Compatible with Cherry MX keyswitches, and MX clones (Gateron, Kailh, Zealio …) Plate is 1.5 mm thick Material Carbon With top opening holes (open switches without desoldering) GRID SPACING (GS): 19mm These plates are not compatible with LO-Pro Planck cases from OLBK.
5mm precut foarm For Plaid keyboard and Plaid-Gold keyboard
3mm thick Includes the guard plate and 4x 5mm stainless M3 screws with torx The clear plate looks darker on the image, but in real it's 100% clear (no color tint) Photos of the guard plate with a keyboard are for demonstration purposes. This product includes only the guard plate.
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This is the Rev3 of the Plaid-Pad pcb.More info's in the changelog below. Preflashed firmware, with support for VIAL Configurator, easy customize keymap without coding, compiling or flashning The rotary encoder are assign to F17-F24 and you can customize the behavior with Karabiner-Elements (OSX) or AutoHotkey (WIN), or now with VIAL If you don't like the aditional software, you can customize all keys and rotary encoder with the QMK firmware Support for a 0.91 Inch oled display (SSD1306) (not included) Black kit has a gold plated pcb and brass slotted screws White kit has a silvery plated pcb and stainless steel screws (T6 Torx) USB-C connector MX (3-Pin, 5-Pin), Choc and ChocV2 switch support Supports up to 4 Rotary Encoder (top row, or right column) Positions for the Rotary Encoder are interchangeable with switches Only through-hole parts (easy to solder) ATMEGA328P MCU QMK Firmware (keymap files) Great companion to the Plaid keyboard Build Guide This is the pre installed keymap for the Plaid-Pad.You can find more keymaps here. The USB-C connector is a bit difficult to solder. I can do it for you. "Soldering service for USB-C connector" Includes: Top, mid and bottom pcb (choose color) 2mm clear acrylic guard plate (has bluish protection film) Solder parts with pre flashed Atmega328 (USBaspLoader and QMK firmware with VIA support) Spacer and screws (white kit: stainless steel with T6 Torx, black kit: brass slotted screws) Rubber feeds You also need: 16x switches (3pin, or 5pin) Optional: rotary encoder (0-4x) Optional: Oled display (SSD1306 - 0.91 Inch 128x32 I2C) USB-C cable Keycaps Slotted screwdriver (black variant), or T6 Torx screwdriver (white variant) Soldering iron & solder Files for a simple 3d printable case, drawings for the guard plate and dampening foam are available here. Photos of the completed kit are for demonstration purposes only.Please note that this kit must be assembled (soldering) and does not include switches or keycaps. CHANGELOG Rev3 Support for a SSD1306 oled display (I2C Pins C4/C5) Removed the 2 indicator LEDs (Pin C4/C5) Added a power indicator LED Changed case mounting style back to the previous style (spacer mounted between mid PCB and bottom plate) - fix ChocV2 issue from REV2.1 Rev2.1 Bigger solder pads for the USB-C connector (a bit easier to solder) Support for Choc V2 switches (issue that the keycap touch the mounting screw, if bottoming out) Changed case mounting style (spacer go through the pcb and screwed on the top and bottom plate) Rev2 (Rev1.1) Pcb's with the label Rev1.1 are Rev2 (fixed with the second ordered batch) Optional: up to 4 Rotary Encoder Support for 3pin switches with the new top plate Add a small PLAID-PAD text beneath the USB-C connector Rev1 Initial pcb design Optional up to 2 Rotary Encoder With the software "Plaid Pad MIDI" (by Mitchell van Manen), you can use the Plaid-Pad as a Midi device.
Only through hole parts USB-C Pre-flashed QMK firmware with VIA support for easy layout editing With top switch plate, switch alignment and stabilization Noise dampening foam is not included 2 possible layouts - standard spacebar (6.25u) and split spacebar (2.25u - 1u - 2.75u) Kit includes: Top plate (switch mount), mid plate and bottom plate (FR-4 Fiberglass) All solder parts ATmega328P microcontroller is pre-flashed with bootloader (USBaspLoader) and QMK firmware (VIA keymap) Acrylic guard plate 3mm (has bluish protection film) Spacer and screws (stainless steel with T6 Torx) Clear rubber feeds The USB-C connector is a bit difficult to solder. I can do it for you."Soldering service for USB-C connector" You also need: USB-C cable 41switches (standard spacebar), or 44 switches (split spacebar) MX style with 3 or 5 pins Keycaps Optional: Dampening foam Optional: Screw in stabilizers (Plate mount not supported) T6 Torx screwdriver Soldering iron Photos of the completed kit are for demonstration purposes only.Please note that this kit must be assembled (soldering) and does not include switches or keycaps. Download the VIA software for WIN/OSX from the VIA website and to easily change the keymap.VIA Demo Video Design by Coseyfannitutti
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