We continue our quest for making PCBs compatible with old and “non-standard” boards. After difficult projects such as OTD and Duck (Jetfire & Black Bird) and many other revival projects that we’ve done in the past, there’s probably not that much left to tackle, but there’s one that’s always been on the back of our minds: an Exclusive E6-V2 compatible PCB.
We initiated this project in early 2020 and finished drawing up a basic design soon after that. The special (and difficult) aspect about the E6-V2 PCB is that it has a non-standard switch spacing on the “custom” PCB version with a middle USB connector. There was another version with standard GH60 footprint, and since it’s standard, it is not the subject of this project. To be clear again, only the Non-standard E6-V2 PCB with centered USB port will be made.
Interestingly enough, we were recently asked to look into an UTD 356mini compatible PCB, and found out that it has the exact same switch spacing as the E6-V2 PCB that we’d been working on. The main differences are the spacebar stab orientation (south on the E6-V2 and north on the UTD) and USB connector (Type-C for E6-V2 and Mini-USB for UTD 356 Mini), and based on community responses from the
INTEREST CHECK, we will offer two separate versions for each board.
A question we get asked a lot: WILL THE UTD 356 MINI PCB WORK WITH OTD 356 MINI? We were desperate to put this to test but we simply couldn't source a OG 356 mini Plate for proper testing. We sent the PCB & Plate files to several community members who have their own iterations of the OTD 356 Mini measurements, and though things seem to check out, that's not enough to confirm compatibility.
WHAT’S AVAILABLE- South-facing spacebar PCB with underglow RGB (made for E6-V2)
- North-facing spacebar PCB without underglow RGB (made for UTD 356 Mini)
- NO PLATES in this GB. We will make the plate files for both the E6-V2 and UTD 356Mini available for the public instead.
PCB SPECS
• PCB is programmable with QMK and VIA (based on Kay60 Rev. 1)
• PCB thickness: 1.2mm (0.4mm stabs shims included)
• Powered by Atmega32u4 MCU
• Supported layouts: Keyboard Layout Editor (keyboard-layout-editor.com)
• Underglow RGB (only for the E6-V2 variant)
• USB Type-C (E6-V2) and Mini-USB (UTD 356 Mini)
• 356Mini Flex cuts
• Cherry MX only
• ESD protection
• PCB color: Yellow (yes, yellow!)
GENERAL GB INFORMATION
GROUP BUY FORM
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• Price (shipping excluded): $55
• MOQ: None.
• Group buy opens from May 24th for 10 days.
LEAD TIME AND SHIPPING
The expected production and QC time is 6 weeks. We’ve done 2 working prototypes so far so production can start right after the GB period ends, which means we’re looking to start shipping around Mid-Late July
Read more about our shipping arrangements
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