Low cost, customized mechanical keyboard: GH87 key DIY

Auntie Zhang’s visit is already the most pleasant thing to do during the lunch break every day. It’s been three years since she’s been watching this portal. It’s been silent diving, quietly saving money, and silently picking up hands. This time, I finally decided to write a DIY process on a mechanical keyboard that has recently become very popular. If there is any inappropriate description, please give us a lot of advice.

In fact, before the mechanical keyboard is no interest, I think it is not a keyboard, what needs to be so frustrating? I have never used a film keyboard, and I don't have to worry about life. Feel? What is that ghost?

Last weekend, when we went to visit the company, the ghosts passed through the peripheral area. The mechanical keyboard on the booth was freely placed there to let people experience it. I casually touched it with my hand, and then we planted grass.

The original feel is really good, the experience is the green axis, fresh feedback, the mechanical vibration of the quack gently feedback via the fingertips, this is the cheap film keyboard has never had Massage oh. Insert the model of the experience:

Ever since, dragging the LP to play in this experience area for ten minutes, 谆谆 temptation: LP, you try this keyboard, feel very comfortable, oh, you do not often say that the keyboard for drawing is not easy to use, do not change this for you Kind? (If you want to succeed, you must drag the LP down)

After successfully brainwashing LP, he planned to start on the spot, but found that there was no light! There are lights are expensive, the first time you get on the car to buy such expensive peripherals, there is always a sense of disharmony. However, since gaining the approval of LP, she has also seen a few of Zhang Damo's original mechanical keyboards such as:

Thank you for the originality of the two landlords. I have filled up the knowledge about mechanical keyboards in these two posts, and I am more determined to be a DIY one.

Turn to Madagascar, search for the keyword "GH60", you will see a lot of dazzling results (most of the store's PCB is complete, the firmware has also been brushed into).

Combined with their own needs: mainly home, the game has PS4, that is, typing and LP slightly use CAD at home, exclude GH60 (although it looks good but not very practical for us), only 87 and 104 keys are left, Taking into account that the digital disk is a share of ash at home, I decided to start with the GH87.

Orders and other delivery:

Taobao purchase related accessories

In a hurry, the owner of the shop was changed to SF, so he received it the next day. The following began to kill more cats, the entire iPhone 6s shooting, the background is messy, do not Tucao:

Choose all black, with white lights, accidentally like RGB dazzling. The background image is an unmounted dishwasher. . .

The cherry blue axis is said to be suitable for typing, and I heard that I will eventually choose the red axis. I said, let's talk about it again.

Kit comes with shell and plate, PCB and wire

The steel plate is visually very thick (1.5mm). The main weight of the keyboard is the PCB and it has no burrs. The opening is quite smooth and accurate.

The included cable has a magnetic ring and the USB is also gold-plated. The visual gold is a bit thin. However, if you do not plug it in and out frequently, the problem is not great;

PCB board is unexpectedly thick, and is the use of FR4 board, rather than paper substrate, rather kind, as PCB board manufacturing practitioners, very satisfied with this PCB, thicker PCB board will not be deformed

The shell plastic outlet is certainly there, but covered inside, said that does not matter slightly

After checking all the accessories for completeness and functionality (ie, if there is a breakdown of the diode above the multimeter, if there is a problem with the shaft, pure labor).

The first step is to press all shafts on the steel plate. The process is not

Behind each axis body there is a polarity indication of the light emitting diode

Then talk about the PCB board set on the steel plate

The beginning of welding, the use of electric iron, took 87 minutes to complete the welding of one hundred and one key. The process is slightly, and friends who do not frequently toss electronic equipment can buy the cheapest electric iron.

Then install the light-emitting diodes, pay attention to the polarity, insert them first and open them on both sides so that they can be plugged in one by one, and they can be easily soldered.

Welding is an effort. Fortunately, the welding kung fu practiced in the past was not in vain and the brush was messed up. Then the excess pins were cut off.

All that's left is to install the keycap. Simply click on the OK button.

Make-up photo

Backlight to a, the original choice of white light seems to be right, fluorescent lights, we ask about the backlight effect

About the touch:

In fact, I think the blue axis is very suitable for the first time a friend who touches the mechanical keyboard. The kind of buzzing sound combined with the inspiration to write a report, it is completely inaudible rhythm, awkward, efficient and high (Cool Thinking about it is actually a psychological effect.)

As the title says, this customized DIY is actually just like the price/performance ratio. It's a complete set of down to the beginning of 600, and requires the user to have a certain amount of hands-on ability. In the mindset of spending money, 600-700 pieces may also find a mechanical keyboard suitable for you.

And I'm not tossing death star people, I feel like I'm going to make a fuss about it.

Can I tell you that this is my plan to please the LP, and then knock it out and ask for more funds?

Finally talk about the advantages and disadvantages:

advantage:

A lot of DIY fun

600 cherry shafts with lights, with lights, with lights;

Randomly toss, follow the intention to mix lights, mixed shaft;

Keyboard firmware can be swiped to support even more dazzling features (although it may not be available)

Disadvantages:

600 is not cost-effective;

Quality depends on luck and personal skills

thank you all