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If you don't need to have the halves be fully separated, you can have an easy time designing a custom PCB, assuming that you can get good/accurate footprints fo
by gigaflop 4y ago
If you don't need to have the halves be fully separated, you can have an easy time designing a custom PCB, assuming that you can get good/accurate footprints for the switches you want to use.
The below PCB is meant to be 'like a Preonic, but with 2x2u spaces, and full 5x12 grid'. Diode placement is aesthetic, but serves as a way to fill the 'dead space' between the main halves.
https://i.imgur.com/Krd3dfE.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/Krd3dfE.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/78KWmuV.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/78KWmuV.jpeg
Whether you use 2d design to make a stacked/layered case, or 3d printing, you could probably jank-design a top cover to go along with your own custom build.
- jurassic 4y agoThe latest iteration of the Preonic already supports 2x2u configuration. But some extra space between hands would be welcome.
- gigaflop 4y agoOh, but here's the thing: I wanted 5x12, and 2x2u. I also wanted to make it compatible with existing 5x12 keymaps, for ease of firmware tweaking. I have an assembled proto, and while it was rough around the edges, it was fun to use. The case was made of laser-cut sheet metal bolted together with standoffs, and the switch plate had a cutout in the center to show off those banked diodes.