Monte Bianco, Tenkeyless 80% (WKL, WK)

Hello,

This is Kevin Lim from KLC.
Today, I drafted the next Geekhack IC for the “Monte Bianco”, a TKL keyboard designed by Syryan.

Syryan is a designer who has been in this field since the early 2010s. He introduced the EM series (e.g. the EM-7) and participated with Lin in a project to design the Dolphin.
Now, he is ready to say hello to the keyboard world with his new TKL project, ‘Monte Bianco’




Monte Bianco offers 3 colors
Render Image







Proto Sample Shot










Monte Bianco offers a double gasket-mounting method, for which individuals can choose their preferred hardness for the gaskets.









Also, we will also include switch dampeners in the package.

Mid switch dampener – goes between switch housings.
Lower switch dampener – goes under the switch bottom housing.

Both of which you can choose to apply for extra dampening and a different typing experience.
- Dampener typing test video link : To be updated








The GB will be held through the KLC website and will be an unlimited unit GB.


KLC Shop – www.klc-playground.com

For further updates, please join our Discord and Instagram.

Discord: https://discord.gg/yEBxDTDCey
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/klc_playground_official


Here are the details of this keyboard.


• Layout: Tenkeyless (Winkey or Winkeyless)
• Mounting: Upper gasket (1.5T = 1.5mm thick), Lower Gasket (2.5T = 2.5mm thick)
• Materials: 6061 Aluminum Case, Brass Weight
• Weight (approx.): Unbuilt, about 2.5kg
• Typing Angle: 9 degrees
• Front Height: ~19.8mm
• Plates: Aluminum, PC, Brass
• Price: USD 530
• Units: Unlimited



FAve 87 V2 PCB
Layout – TKL layout (WK, WKL, ISO compatible)
Connector type – USB C
LED – Underglow RGB and in-switch LED
Keymap Programming – QMK / VIA compatible





Project Timeline

• Group Buy – 2021 Aug 28th 00:00 ~ Sep 13th 23:59 (KST, GMT +9)
• Expected Shipping Date – 2022 March
Build / Review Stream
- Aug 28th or 29th (To be announced exact time) by Lightening Keyboards (https://www.twitch.tv/lightningkeyboards)
Typing Test
- To be updated

* We will offer hot swop PCB.
- We are considering SMT led for switch LED for the hot-swappable pcb.
** For PCB, we decided not to change to daughter board type.