Buyers Guide
Lets walk through the differences between our Keyboards to help you make an educated decision for your keyboard purchase.
We carry a variety of keyboards depending on your personal needs. We have two main categories of keyboard types called Kit and Pro. Lets first discuss what is simlar and then we will get into the differences of these keyboard types.
About our Products
OpenSource
All our keyboards are OpenSource Hardware meaning you can freely build your own using the source files available on our github pages to allow you to make and modify it as you wish. This inclucdes the PCB files & 3D Printable parts. Or you can purchase directly from us knowing its fully built and tested prior to shipping to you.
Low Profile
All keyboards sold and developed are based on the Kailh Choc v1 switch as this is the only style we offer at this time. This means our keyboards, keycaps, and all other accessories are all low profile and fully compatible with this switch type. Below in an image of the Kailh Chocolate V1 Low-Profile Switches.
Keyboard Types Breakdown- Kit vs Pro Style
Kit Type
Kits are your standard type of opensource Keyboard. The benefit of these is you can easily build your own and tylor it with your own Microcontroller of your choice and build this at home and typically support either the Promicro or Picro footprint microcontrollers.
Pros
Easy to build
Easy to repair
Simple design
More affordable to build in small batches
Cons
Does not have ESD protection
Pro Type
Our Pro types are what we call fully completed keyboards that have the microcontroller built into the board itself instead of having a seperate daughter board. This is what many opensource keyboards are starting to switch over to as the cost is more affordable it larger batches. These have a more professional look and feel to them.
Pros
Cleaner more polished looks over Kit keyboards since its all built-in to the board.
Higher quality board as they have additional componenets added in order to facilitate
ESD protection so typically get longer life out of these boards
Cons
More difficult to repair as all components are soldered directly to the board
More complex design as they have more components than your Kit style keyboards
Very difficult to solder due to tiny components used
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