Peter CockGood news: #JLCPLC have not stopped using blue cardboard boxes. 📦 💙
Bad news: I ordered the original version of this PCB, not the slightly improved version 🤦♂️
I guess that’s another DIY #MechanicalKeyboard achievement unlocked 😅
Did #JLCPLC run out of their distinctive blue boxes? And yes, this is another self-designed #MechanicalKeyboard PCB 😅
In good news I am gainfully employed again, so this hobby will have to slow down now. 🎊
Anyway, this is a tiny twin reversible PCB designed to be joined at the #GoldFingers by an edge connector ribbon cable allowing the two hands to be angled (not flat to the table but tented as in most ergonomic keyboards).
Blog post https://astrobeano.blogspot.com/2026/02/two-tiny-10x10cm-pcbs-for-keyboards.html?m=1
My third #MechanicalKeyboard has arrived from #JLCPLC - a split Forager #ErgonomicKeyboard where I’ve designed an alternative “Acid” PCB without diodes, but with a bigger battery cutout & a power switch. The top case was meant to be transparent too, not white - oops.
Incidentally, the PCB for this new #MechanicalKeyboard was going to be red with a lead-free finish, but #JLCPLC charge a premium for that combination due to low demand. Maybe I should have gone for red anyway as this will only be used in a case, but I opted for blue with the silkscreen art in white this time. This is a reversible alternative PCB for the Forager #ErgonomicKeyboard
