100% PCB as cheap as possible? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Bondrewd@lemmy.world to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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I am going to build probably a few keyboards (like 3) for people to gift to. Since 100% PCB is not as popular as ergo boards, Im having a hard time finding any.

Do you have any 100% PCB (aliexpress or gerbers for printing in a PCB service like jlcpcb) that you prefer?

My goal is to make it as cheap as possible.

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[-] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeeah, I figured 100% PCB is pretty expensive. I want to do the minimum 5 amount, non-assembled PCB.

My main issue is not selecting the PCB service, I primarily need PCB gerber files for 100% keyboards.

[-] tankplanker@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There are loads available that are open sourced, for example: https://github.com/help-14/mechanical-keyboard

Some even have the full guide for ordering: https://github.com/bluepylons/Boston/tree/main/Boston%20-%20Current%20design/3D%20printed%20version

Is there not one there that you like? Seems to cover most of the full sized layouts I've seen.

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