deskthority

Hey Trauring,

We won't be selling these as parts -- only fully-assembled keyboards. That's pretty much the whole point of the project. :) I think FalbaTech sells a PCB with all the components surface-mounted in advance.

Re the links -- thanks... Their support told me there's not much I can do on ...

Thanks guys; looking into the link thing... Any weirdness is introduced by the service we're using - we just wanted plain links there, no JS.

jacobolus wrote: By the way, the two links under who are you to your two home pages are both broken (pointing at e.g. http://www.ergodox-ez.com/clkn/http/lnct.org/ instead of http://lnct.org/)

If you click them, they actually work fine.

However, I think the spirit/intent when someone puts their work under the GPL is fairly clear, even if it turns out they technically picked the wrong license to enforce their intentions, and from an ethical perspective I think the right thing to do is release such materials. There’s no part of the ...

About the Cherry supply chain issues: Looked into this. Lead times can be long, but fortunately, we have quite a bit of logistical backup here. Our partner is a major Cherry customer and it looks like we can indeed source Cherry in sufficient quantities.

I think it’s a combination of (a) it has some name recognition, people have seen it, at least a few thousand kits have been sold, and there’s a tiny ecosystem of compatible keycaps, cases, wrist rests, bags, etc., and (b) it takes no new design work, and the people coming in don’t have any ...

As you are supporting warranty, I suppose that you are going to make it difficult to customize the keyboard. I suppose no cutouts for opening switches and no stabilisers.
Otherwise if this had been a DIY project, I would have suggested holes under the 1×2 keys for installation of PCB-mounted ...

I’ve heard basically every keyboard vendor has been finding sourcing cherry switches to be a nightmare, with lead times on purchases directly from Cherry in the 12–18 month range. As a result, some vendors are ending up buying switches from some middle-man for double Cherry’s pricing or more. I’m ...

A lot of questions. Let's see now.

What does your tooling cost for the injection molded case? Do you have an example picture showing something else that your Taiwanese manufacturer has produced?


Tooling costs in the tens of thousands of USD. Their other work is OEM so it doesn't have their logo ...

Hey guys,

We're manufacturing the ErgoDox! Here's a quick rundown:

1) Right now - pre-orders for $180 (no keycaps) / $190 (with keycaps).

2) Once we hit 100 pre-orders, we're going IndieGogo ($200 per keyboard -- the lower prices will no longer be available). IndieGogo target is $50k.

Once we ...

I need to get another USB keyboard (I lose the crappy Logitech one - discovered this because I now need UEFI access suddenly and can't find it). Will try.

Hey guys,

Deliriously happy Kinesis Advantage user here (brown cherry MX). Just an awesome keyboard.

One problem though: When I first boot my computer (just a PC desktop), I want to go into UEFI to configure some stuff. I usually do this by hitting F2.

With the Kinesis, this just doesn't work ...

Nice! I don't love the rubbery F keys but it's nice to know the option's there (and it's not like I need to use the multimedia keys all that often).

I guess I'll have to wait and see...

Thank you! Yeah, I'm counting on their return policy... It's a high-risk purchase for me.

Adding keys looks super-cool, but it's such a complicated hardware mod... I'm more of a software kind of guy myself. Maybe I can fake a foot switch just by plugging into the RJ45 with something, without ...

Wow! Now that is absolutely crazy. Too bad it requires PCB work -- I wouldn't even know where to start and I have zero soldering skills.

Found it! http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=8110.0

0) Okay, I gotta be honest: I read that entire dump from geekhack and couldn't really understand much. Would you mind linking to the original post over there?

1) Understood.

2) PKL is Portable Keyboard Layout, an AHK-based tool for remapping keys that can read MSKLC files (iirc).

1) So... what do they replace them with?

2) I'm pretty big on AHK; what's your remapping solution? PKL or something you made yourself?

3) Would really appreciate that, thank you.

Wow, thanks for the quick and helpful reply! Q's:

1) Got a link to a modding tutorial or post? Do they have Cherry keystems or are they squishy rubber down to the PCB?

3) Remapping software -- you mean something bundled with the board (at the firmware level) or MSKLC/AutoHotkey?

5) Understood; I ...

Hey everyone,

My first post here; looks like a great forum. First, a quick intro: Colemak user, MS Natural 4000 + Kensington Expert Mouse. Very ergo-conscious; work on a recliner (fixed angle) with two 24" LCDs.

It's comfortable, and I have the MS board on my lap when I work. It has a very ...