Hello Geekhack.
Earlier this year I ran a successful group buy for the Lumberjack PCB kit, we had a huge response and shipped over 150 kits to people around the World. Thanks to everyone who took part. It's been 9 months, so it's perhaps time to start thinking about a round 2.
The plan is to pretty much do the same thing as last time but with some optimisations and tweaks here and there, but if there are any suggestions for additional features or quality of life improvements, let me know in the comments below.
I need to do one more round of prototypes, so hope to be ready for GB beginning of next year so the PCB order can be run straight after Chinese New Year.
Price will be €22 + postage (€7-11) send through the mail in a padded envelope, just like last time.
Lumberjack PCB Kithttps://github.com/peej/lumberjack-keyboard* Ortholinear 5x12 PCB (grid or 2x2u space)
* Unsoldered with all through-hole components (like the Plaid)
* Fits into tray mount 60% cases (GH60 PCB mounting points), some light switch modification will be necessary
* Kit will contain all components, acrylic component cover and associated hardware (just add switches, caps & case)
* FR4 plate (black)
* ATMEGA328P using USBaspLoader and pre-flashed with VIA compatible QMK firmware
* Mini-USB or USB-C
Changes for R2* All kits will come with a USB-C connector. Since the majority of people wanted USB-C last time, it is no longer optional, all kits will include a USB-C connector and resistors. You will still get a Mini-USB connector and have the choice to not use the USB-C if you do not want to.
* All kits will come with FR4 plates. Since the majority of people wanted plates last time, it makes things easier just to include them for everyone this time.
* PCB revision is increased to rev1.5 (
https://github.com/peej/lumberjack-keyboard#rev-15)
* The shape of the PCB will have cutouts to make it Bakeneko 60 compatible (as shown in render image below)
* PCB colour is really important to people, so the plan is to offer all the colours: black, blue, red and white like last time and now also green, yellow, and purple.
