The first real "customized 67 key" mechanical keyboard and small size keyboard talk


Foreword

In the mechanical keyboard, the small-sized keyboard is always a kind of poison, and the 60% mechanical keyboard keyboard headed by Poker is also called the keycap container, which becomes the first choice for drying various expensive keycaps. At the time I first entered the keyboard pit, in view of the use of habits and work needs, and did not rashly start 60% of the small keyboard, the first to start the IKBC C104 cherry tea shaft, then transferred to the classmates took the JAKI JB001 as the office main input equipment, in This site has also sent a sun list.


Keypad talk

PS: This part of the majority of water account, want to see the customized care can be directly pulled to the next part

However, for the small keyboard, still mind, finally, in a fish to start the first 60% of the keyboard:

IKBC POKER2 Red Axis



The evaluation of Poker2 in all aspects at that time was very good. This gave me a very amazing impression on the size and feel of the red axis, so that it becomes a red axis control. At the same time, the programming function of Poker2 is also very convenient to use. For a few frequently entered fields can be done with a key. Although the shaft body is a good thing for everyone, the reputation of the red shaft as a fever shaft is also true for me. However, the lack of 60% keyboard in use is reflected: there is no independent direction keys, there is no independent function keys such as DEL, HOME, END, etc., although the FN function keys can be used to achieve or brush firmware independent direction keys, However, it is still difficult for me to adapt to using full-size, and the independent direction key firmware is not perfect. So, when I decided to raise the Annie Bluetooth mechanical keyboard, I sold Poker2. However, after a few months of bounced crowdfunding, I finally got Annie Pro:

Anne Pro G Red Shaft


This selling point of Anne Pro is: Wired/Bluetooth 4.0 dual mode, RGB SMD light, mobile phone terminal APP can control lighting, distribution and so on. However, due to the selection of the G red axis package, the G axis's feel is different from the cherry red axis. It is relatively loose and soft and soft. After comparison, it still prefers the cherry red axis, so the cherries are bought in a certain treasure. Various tools such as red shafts and solders are used to replace the shafts themselves (anyway, this crowdfunding keyboard has a lifetime warranty, the replacement of the shaft is also a warranty, and it is appropriate to use it as a training hand):

Anne Pro RGB Cherry Red Shaft

With the skill of a university internship, she sat on the ground and changed the shaft on a small bench. It was also a great sense of accomplishment to solve the problem once and for all. The RGB light was equipped with a key cap and a beautiful hat. I am very happy.

Before the arrival of Anne Pro, in the paste it Leopold FC660M poison, so a good fish into the old version (Shihai and agent) FC660M cherry red shaft:


This is also very amazing after the arrival, the workmanship is very good, independent arrow keys and independent DEL key is simply the gospel, and shift+esc can play a tilde ~ This is like a symbol of people who like to play this symbol is simply God. However, since the keyboard's odd right shift and left shift are the same length, and the old version of the spacebar satellite axis is 80mm apart, making a full set of keycaps becomes awkward (mainly because of poorness), so when I'm at a When the fish saw the right price for Armilo Va68m, he reluctantly took it out and changed the official customized keyboard:

Armillo Va68m Metal Shell Cherry Tea Shaft Hot Sublimation Cap


Get the hand and discover that this metal shell is really heavy, and the weight is faster than the full-size JB001. The texture of the metal shell, the original height of the thermal sublimation key cap coupled with the cherry tea shaft, the feel of a very small paragraph feel very comfortable, there is a crisp feeling but there is no green shaft so "disturbing people" in the office is not afraid of being used by colleagues "hacked ".

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67% Customized Kit

Finally entered the topic

Although the keypad was changed back and forth, there was still no real customized keyboard, but there were just about 70 RGB cherry red axes left in the hand (the rest of Anne Pro replaced the shaft). The loneliness of the big hand is hard to resist this time, in a fish to see the seller to sell their own production of 67-key custom kits, the distribution and the previous heart of the RS68 suite, the White Fox suite is very similar, the focus is much cheaper, decisive Start (ha ha ha ha bought by pit students). First, go to the keyboard of the white fox to see the arrangement, and buy the kit with exactly the same arrangement (this is really poisoning, ah, unfortunately the price is really hurt can not afford):

White Fox Customized Mechanical Keyboard

I love to see you out of the box

Take a look at the package, take the SF Express, this bubble paper has been removed by me outside the two layers of packaging, Shunfeng really is reassuring

Kit Accessories List

After unpacking, everything is here: anodized aluminum upper and lower cover, two acrylic frames, three adjustable acrylic pads, PCB board, satellite shaft and 3M non-slip stickers, PCB board with 6 on the back Adjusted RGB bottom light. The upper and lower covers of the housing are anodized aluminum alloy, and the upper cover also functions as a positioning plate, which is the so-called "floating" button keypad.

Xiao Bian requirements, the customized tools used are: solder, soldering iron, rosin, tin suction device, tweezers, key puller, pull shaft device, basically a search of a treasure there is a full set, insert a search Page bar



The first step: PCB testing

The first step in customizing the keyboard kit assembly is to test the PCB first, otherwise it will be necessary to re-process the axis if there is any problem directly on the shaft (although the seller said it has been tested before shipment, to the shaft on the hand It can be used, but I think it's better to test it to make sure it's perfectly safe and it turns out that I'm right.) USB Cable connected to the computer, but found a tragedy:

6 bottom light only light 2 to find the seller to ask, confirm that the default light mode is only bright 2 or there is a fault, the seller said 6 full bright is normal, no problem before shipment test, is the SF pot, It may cause the 3rd lamp from the right to loosen the lead on the way and cause the line to be blocked. Let me re-weld the pin to see if it can be solved. It turns out that it is indeed the third lamp pin loose, plus a little soldering up immediately:

Next, test the key position, open the keyboard test software or website on the computer, and use a dice or a wire to short-circuit the two pins of each axis to see if the key is responding. After testing, my heart is broken

PageDown button did not respond. Continue to ask the seller, after viewing the photo, the seller decisively connected the pot, "This shaft of the diode was welded against me", let me remove the diode and then drop it and then welded up on it.

Before and after comparison, you can see the problem lies. Fortunately, we can proceed with the next step by tossing the functions of the PCB.

Step 2: Preparation before welding shaft

First of all, to assemble the satellite axis, the seller gave a set of standard 60% keyboard satellite shaft, a total of 1 long and 4 short, because this keyboard arrangement will squeeze the right shift smaller, so only need 1 long 3 short 4 satellites axis. There are many tutorials on the training of satellite axes. There are a lot of tutorials on the Internet. The main thing is to cut several small feet that are in contact with the PCB, and then apply a little grease on the wires at both ends to ensure that the satellite shaft is smooth and not meaty.

Next, install the satellite shaft to the corresponding position on the top cover, and then put on the shaft body and keycap. First test the key feel to ensure that the feel is acceptable, and then enter the next welding shaft, otherwise it will feel wrong to weld the shaft. Debugging can only remove the axis

Step 3: Upper shaft welding

The RGB red axis of cherry is used here, and the RGB axis of cherry is characterized by a transparent shaft cover. It only supports the SMD LED light on the PCB, and does not support the LED light bead. Because I did not want to add the axis light, it just matches Claim.

In the upper axis step, I first pressed several keys around to make sure that the axis pins pass through the corresponding pads on the PCB. At the same time, observe whether the axis body is upright and whether the PCB is flat. After confirming the accuracy, first fix these axis bodies. Please ignore my slag welder:

The next step is to press each axis body to correspond to the shaft hole, and it can be done quickly in a few minutes, but note that it is necessary to see whether the pin of the shaft has flaws before the upper shaft. In the whole process of installing me, I saw one but I didn’t see it.

All welding is completed, do not rush to install the shell after completion, plug in the USB and then test the button again, in order to prevent leakage or welding

Step 4: Install the shell and keycap

The red axis of a red dragonfly, transparent shaft cover, watching is comfortable (in fact, the first to buy is a red steel plate, but the seller said that the factory does not allow)

I prepared for this keyboard is A big plum black key cap, may be the cheapest on the market with 84 supplements PBT key cap, the height is the original height, but compared after the sublimation of Amilo found Biah Milo's keycap is also slightly shorter.

The plain black keycap looks a bit monotonous, with orange ESC and arrow keys, looks more comfortable (brain fill if it is red shell, it should show off it)

Look at the bottom lights

At this point, the keyboard was assembled and it took about 2 minutes. The first truly customized keyboard actually takes much less time than the keyboard for the Annie keyboard, and the axis removal is really time-consuming.

to sum up

Customized keyboards are characterized by " customizable " and " personalized ". In addition to the standard keyboard layout in the market, you can find your favorite distribution, choose the type of shell you like, axis, keycap, and so on. The budget is down to several hundred, up to no limit. The main thing is that in the process of making a keyboard, you can experience the sense of accomplishment when you turn a fragmented accessory into an ideal keyboard.

In the pit of the mechanical keyboard, I'm not an old driver. What's wrong? Please forgive me!

Lastly, I would like to be cautious when entering the pit

PS: What are the questions you are welcome to discuss in the comments of the valued friends? If you look at me who writes on such a long piece of paper, you can come and see if it is broken.

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