Hi GH!
As some of you may know I run 1upkeyboards.com. We are probably best known for our 1up HSE PCB which was the first mass-produced USB-C hotswap 60% board to support QMK and VIA.
The 1up HSE PCB has been in need of a refresh for some time now and with the push towards RP2040 chips, Ziptyze and I have been working on an RP2040-powered replacement.
I’d like to introduce you to the 60𝝅 (60pi) 𝝅60 (pi60) an RP2040 powered 60% PCB.
This particular version is the 60𝝅RGB. A hotswap RGB 60% board. Some of its features are:
- Poker style mount
- RP2040 with 16Mbit memory
- Kailh V2 Hot swap sockets
- Per Key RGB lighting
- USB type C port
- ESD protection
- i2c Qwiic breakout connector
- Green PCB with "inverted" black silk screen
This PCB is designed to work with the 2040 QMK fork currently in development, as well as KMK, and Peg firmwares. You can also just use CircuitPython for full control if you wish.
We have plans to release a standard 60𝝅 that will be an underglow version and potentially O-Ring mount compatibility for Bakeneko style cases if there is enough demand. We also plan on doing multiple sizes including 65𝝅, TKL𝝅, and 100𝝅.
Since this is a fresh opportunity we wanted to have an IC and see what the community thinks of the design, as well as any suggestions or feature requests.
Edits:
6/22/22 - ZMK support for RP2040 is also in the works.
6/28/22 - Updated name from 60𝝅 to 𝝅60.
7/11/22 - Update post introducing names for the 2 versions being created: The 𝝅60RGB and the 𝝅60HSE.
