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Daal - A Plateless O-Ring 60% - Production units ordered!

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Daal

Guts

Third Prototype Changes

These are the changes being made for the next prototype:
- changed sides; will take pictures later- Added side alignment pillars- Added 5th screw for weight

Case Specifications
Typing angle:

8 degrees

Adjusted FH:

~18.6mm [1]

EKH:

~22.2mm [1]

Mounting:

Isolated plateless O-ring

Case material:

6063 Aluminum

Weight material:

Brass

Weight:

~1220g unbuilt

[1] excludes bumpons which add 1.6mm

PCB Specifications
Switch support:

MX only

Protection:

ESD + overcurrent

MCU:

RP2040

Daughterboard:

Modified XYZ

Thickness:

1.6mm

Firmware:

QMK / Vial

Material:

FR4

Including
- Hard carrying case- Microfiber cloth- PCBs x2- 75a FKM o-rings x4- Daughterboard- 75mm JST cable- Case hardware
Color

Silver

Supported layouts
Adding WKL and 10u since there is interest for it.

Sale Format

50 units in-stock, with a target price of $280 $299 excluding shipping. Estimated sale date is TBD.
I will adjust the quantity if there is not enough interest. 50 units were ordered. 25 HHKB & 25 WKL
Any proceeds made on this project will be donated to my local food bank.

Sustainability
- PCB outline will be available here- PCB production files will be available here - Case files will be made open source and will be available here- All hardware is readily available and listed hereAll files will be licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 after this design is retired.

Media

DISCORD & IC FORM

Previous prototype changes

First prototype

Changes from first prototype:
- Changed 1.2mm PCB to 1.6mm PCB- Lengthened curves on side profile- PCBs x2- Removed sticker spot from the bottom case- Removed PCB alignment pillars- Added two additional case screws near USB- Reduced case O-ring tab size

Special thanks

jr2417 for the amazing photos
hali for putting my cursed ideas into fusion - his commissions are open
Geon for helping me refine this project from v2 to v3, and getting it exactly where I wanted in my head.
Sleepdealer for doing PCB work and more - his commissions are open
Lysol for modifying the XYZ daughterboard, being based, and helping me throughout this project
Mr. Chickenman for making exploded view - consider Ciel65
My discord server for being cursed, especially user2946364730963616668986942018, eboshi gang, and Rizzy
Everyone else who helped me throughout this project, I love all of you.