Ark68 R2 by Ark Studio - 65% Gasket Mounted

GB Date: 27th January 2022- 8th Feburary 2022 [Unlimited]
Time: 27th January 2022, 10AM (GMT+8)
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Introduction
Ark Studio was established in China by a group of keyboard enthusiasts since 2019.
We had run 7 successful group buys in China to date.

Please join our Discord server to discover our previous works: https://discord.gg/UvuTHkHvww

With our own CNC machining factory, all the group buys in China were all delivered earlier than expected (within 4 months).
We are confident that our production quality is in line with international standard.
Here we introduced you our latest product:- Ark68 R2.







Exploded View


We understand that its all about personal preferences in terms of sound and feel.
Hence we provide the foams so that you can use according to your liking.

Case Specification

• 65% with top right blocker
• Gasket mounted
• PCB foam, case foam and switch foam
• 7 degree typing angle
• Seamless design
• Unbuilt base kit is about 1.1kg; Built kit with PVD brass weight and PVD backpiece is about 2.8kg

PCB Specification

• 1.2mm flex cut
• Unified USB-C daughterboard
• VIA supported
• Solder and Hotswap options
• Hotswap PCB only support WK, ANSI layout with 7u spacebar

Solder PCB Supported Layout


PCB Prototypes
Hotswap


Solder


** PCB color is not finalized.

Plate Options

• FR4
• PC
• Aluminum

Packaging Specification

CNC EVA form, anti-dust PE wrapping

Prototypes
We skipped the rendering and go straight to prototypes production.
Some of the prototypes will be send to keyboard enthusiast(s) for build and review (Yes! We are arranging now).

Due to the many components in this board, and we have more than 25 colors to choose from, we haven't decide on the colorway combination yet.
We will create an IC form to gather input from the community before we finalize the colorway.

Here are the actual prototypes photos:

































To Do

• IC Form
• Colorway and Options
• GB