Calice - 75% F13 Alice | 15/02/22 Update - R4 prototype received and built!

Background

Heya Geekhack, for the longest time as an Alice user I always wanted something that I could use on the daily for work, but never found something that exactly met my needs in an Alice layout (F-Row and Arrows). The focus was to create an Alice with a function row and arrows while trying to keep the form-factor as close as possible to a normal Alice layout in width.

Features

• Case Angle: 5.0°
• Case Material: 6063 Aluminium & Sandblasted Brass Weight
• Weight: 2.4kg
• Colours: TBD (poll in IC form)
• Plate: 1.5mm Aluminium (other plate materials to be confirmed)
• Mounting: Geonworks Tadpole + M3 O-ring
• Feet: SKUF Feet
• PCB: Custom PCB designed by Jels (MX Compatible, Encoder Support, QMK and VIA Compatible)
• Alphas Tilt: 10.0°
• Front Ledge: 18mm
• Optional Wrist Rest
• Layout - Layout supports normal/stepped caps, 2U+1.25U Left Spacebar and Split Backspace and Rotary Encoder at Home key

Current Status / Timeline

8/May/21 - R1 Prototype ordered
08/Jul/2021 - R2 Prototype ordered, awaiting manufacturing
20/Jul/2021 - Initial IC
01/Sep/2021 - R2 Prototypes received
21/Sept/2021 - R3 Design Finalised, design log updated, R2 prototype photos added to IC
09/Oct/2021 - R3 Prototype Ordered
01/Dec/2021 - R3 Prototype Received
22/Dec/2021 - R4 Prototype Ordered, ETA mid-March 2022. IC Updated
25/Jan/2021 - R4 Prototype received and built Twitch Build VOD
15/Feb/2022 - R4 Prototype pictures and typing tests added to IC
28/April/2022 - FnF Round Ordered
18/July/2022 - FnF Round Delivered, currently fulfilling