Ingot TKL by TimeRelapse
June 2025 Update:
Unfortunately, most of the feedback I received about this design came in the form of requests to run it in some other profile, with SA being the clear favorite. I may get around to doing that at some point, although I have a number of other designs entering IC or GB status ahead of it, so it won't be happening in the near future.FEEDBACK FORMKBDFans Interest Check PageAboutMTNU Electronic Control is inspired by the Electronic Control Systems T-03 display terminal, an obscure Australian system designed to control theatrical lighting, circa 1977. Few were made, and even fewer survive to this day. Were it not for a...
graphic restoration video that went viral a few years ago, almost no one would know about or remember this system today.
Saturn60 by Ace Keyboard Co.
Petrichor by Alchemist Keyboard
Design NotesMy past sets have been throwback works of monumental excess, with lots of custom legends, and extensive coverage for layouts used by maybe three people globally. SA History of Violets sold in
eleven different kits!
Not this time. Electronic Control is a minimalist monokit for 2025.
What does that mean?- Child kits? None!
- 40's support? Sorry, afraid not.
- Novelties? In this economy?
- Custom RALs? Only stock colors here!
- Original ECS T-03 legends? Sadly, no.
"Vintage legends? What is this, the time of Charlemagne?!"This is a very plain, simple adaptation of the ECS T-03 colorway for MTNU. Unless you consider a couple UK keys extravagant (I don't, especially if I want to sell this there) or think a 6u bar is just too much, there's not much more that can be pruned here.
Wait, You're Doing MTNU Again?!I've previously mocked this up in SA, DSA, DCS, and DSS profiles; running informal interest checks for those versions on the SPKeyboards Discord and others. But I've already designed a lot of sets through SP, and have more still coming up. MTNU is a nut I've yet to crack, and I take it as a challenge.
People think I don't like the profile, but that's not true at all. It does feel tougher to run, for various reasons. But unlike with MTNU Selectresque, where I was pretty attached to its (admittedly weird and pricey) quirks, there's nothing here but a set of nice colors - no thematic necessities beyond that to increase the cost. I'm hoping that makes this a less iffy proposition for vendors and buyers.
Colors and Materials:
GMK PBT doubleshot, in stock XP3 red, X2B grey, and XW1 white.
Potential accent color is XCV yellow.
Vendors:TBD
Pricing:TBD, but along the lines of other MTNU monokits in the age of tariffs (so $160ish, probably.)
Dates:TBD
Kitting:Minimalist version:
Basic coverage with Tsangan, split bar, Numpad, HHKB support, UK ISO, and the beloved R2 up arrow.
With accents:
See question in the feedback form about including these.
Board Renders:
M1 by Monsgeek
ModelThirteen by Plyktra
U80 by Rama Works (I know, I know)
Maja by Vulcan
Gentleman65 by JKeys Design
Piggy by Jacky Design
Molly by TKC
Iron165 by Smith and Rune (example of potential yellow accent keys)
Summary
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