Nice one horns. I thought with dedicated arrow keys is 65%?

So I ended up ordering this:
https://shopee.com.my/product/178155106/290...4759?smtt=0.0.9

4mm EVA foam. Medium soft. Hopefully will be able to compress it enough. I tested an item of 3.6mm thickness and it can slide through the gap with a bit of difficulty. So I only need it to compress .3mm or so. Oh god, writing this I just realised that's almost 10%. We'll see. Maybe I can iron it or something.

So I had some 2mm EVA craft foam lying around and did some experiments.








I think this is very much do-able. Worst case I have to order the 3mm and wasted a bit of cash on the 4mm.

thanks haha

60% pcbs like dz60 and yd60mq support multiple layouts, including split backspace, split left 2u-shift, and dedicated arrow keys.

to use 4mm, it's better to leave rooms for them to 'spread', and you will need to press on pcb during the soldering process also. not sure if ironing can help hehe

Interesting. Do you know any that are Bluetooth as well? After this project I'm thinking of getting a nice small MKB for the TV and it would be useful if it had arrow keys. I was only looking at 65% boards because I thought they were the smallest that had them.

Filco Minila Air

i'm not sure about pcbs with bluetooth support. i prefer wired boards lol

yes, yd60mq can do minila layout, but without bluetooth hehe

edit:

my key concern about wireless builds is unstable connection. maybe things are relatively better these days, but i really don't need them for now.




This post has been edited by horns: May 4 2020, 12:08 AM

in regards to low profile mechanical switch keyboards





This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: May 5 2020, 08:27 AM

I don't type much with my TV, so I got those plastic logitech keyboard + trackpad device for it. They comes with a USB receiver instead of using BT, so it doesn't drop word while typing.

As for small BT mechanical keyboard for iPad, I got the DareU EK820 68-keys from Taobao. They aren't great, but they are low profile keys and small, perfect for me to bring around. Also cheap too! Too bad DareU didn't make more of them...

I also came from a Filco Minila, which I've sold off. The backspace and right shift key irk the heck out of me!

Let me fix that for you...
in regards to "Cooler Master SK630" keyboard.

Low profile done right will be the cheapo Techware Phantom L RGB got which got good review.

This post has been edited by edmund_yung: May 5 2020, 09:42 AM

peripherals with tiny and deep/recessed USB ports

Come to think of it - it's a pretty sneaky way if you consider this:

Manufacturers can advertise that their hardware uses standard connectivity, but you only found out that none of the USB cables you have doesn't fit when you need to replace the cables, and the only way is to buy it from the manufacturer (often at a significant premium)

Thanks guys. The Filco Minila Air looks ideal. Either that or I'll try to get one of those replacement controllers that have Bluetooth and DIY convert a custom kit into Bluetooth.

This post has been edited by niakulah: May 5 2020, 11:31 AM

Any way to get Tribosys or GH lube

Macam sold out everywhere for half a year

personally i never tried these low profile, unless you want to count my boring laptop chiclet keyboard xd....

for mkb i prefer the regular high profile sculpted keycaps. It's not totally flat

it's a bad approach from manufacturers in general. it never work well. all they do is just pissing us consumers off.

gh? as in ghv4? keys.my has it.

Thanks a lot! I will take a look

Bought gk64 from shopee but the stabs are crap as in there's a slight seesaw effect when lightly tapping the space bar.

Any shop recommendation from taobao for plate mounted stab?

the seesaw effect might be caused by a slightly warped key cap. it's better to verify this first or you might fix something that is working fine. also, try tune stock space bar stabilizer first.

To all keebs lovers. I know this would be off topic, I am seeking advice on where do i purchase custom coil cables with connectors locally? Thanks in advance.

there is an active group-buy going on at mymkb fb page, https://www.facebook.com/groups/16306614171...636904176545806 (last day: 6th of may 2020)

good luck, because the update said the coiled cable slots are full.

Got it bro! Just got into the group and saw the group buy which are custom locally. Cheers.

This post has been edited by lalaland711: May 6 2020, 03:19 AM