Nimbus 60 - Fully Levitating Plate Magnet Mount - Locked till Proto arrival - KeyAtlas
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Nimbus 60 - Fully Levitating Plate Magnet Mount - Locked till Proto arrival
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Description
Nimbus 60
The Nimbus 60 is a magnet-mounted board with a stylish exposed rear weight. The board has options for HHKB, WKL, and WK tops. The mount on the Nimbus allows the plate to have no contact with the rest of the case using 12 internal N35 magnets. The Nimbus uses a unique mounting system differing from the Lodestone and Orca 60 which use a gasket between the top of the case and the plate. The Nimbus uses no gaskets making the first board to have no contact between the plate and case.
Renders The Board will be available in E-white, clear anodized, E-black, and a fourth color option to be decided by the community.
PCB/Layout The PCB for the Nimbus utilizes the universal daughterboard to allow maximum unimpeded flex. The universal daughterboard also includes ESD protection. There will be options for soldered and hotswap PCBs with the soldered PCB supporting split backspace, stepped caps, and split shift. The only bottom row layout support is Tsangan to improve the appearance of the plate.
Release Timing Prototypes should be arriving within 2 weeks. If there are no corrections necessary on the prototype, the board should run within a month of proto arrival.
Color - E-White - E-Black - Anodized Clear - 4th community chosen color
Pricing/Avalibility Pricing will be dependent on demand but the estimate is $450-$600, planning to do a near unlimited international GB. Vendors Worldwide - JKeys.Design
Update - 5/16/21
-I understand that some of you are concerned with my credibility given my age however, this is not my first GB. I have already fulfilled the Gentleman 65 GB which was produced in-house and ran in late December 2020. All of the legal and financial matters are handled by my business partner. If you don't feel comfortable with this please don't join the group buy. I am sure there will be plenty of extras!
-Given the concerns regarding the IC not having a proto, I will be machining an aluminum proto with the interior design of the Nimbus this week. The proto from my manufacturer will arrive in about 2 weeks.
-I have decided to show some pictures of the mount to clarify how it works.
The mount uses four magnets in the bottom case, four magnets encased in the plate, and four magnets in the top piece. The magnets on the bottom are larger to account for the weight of the Plate-PCB assembly. The plate is stabilized through strategic internal positioning of the magnets to create an inward force on the plate(not shown in the render).
