Best input device project 2015

Best input device project 2015

Poll ended at 14 Dec 2015, 01:59

Ellipse's new industrial Model F keyboards
31
37%
Hasu's 60% Alps PCB
21
25%
Idollar's FSSK
7
8%
Koalapear's custom Alps board project The Monarch
6
7%
OptiKey, for people suffering from ALS/MND
14
17%
Topre dampening rings from Hypersphere
5
6%
 
Total votes: 84

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webwit
Wild Duck

09 Dec 2015, 01:59

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Please vote for your winner of the Best input device project 2015.

By voting in this category you can win an assembled Infinity 60% keyboard with Matias Quiet Click switches from Input Club!

This is the final round. See the first round and second round for reference.

The final round ends on Monday 14 December, 20:00hrs UTC. You can change your vote until the end of the round. The winner and full results will be released soon after the vote closes. EDIT: The winner has been announced here.

There are 6 instead of 5 nominees because the last two nominees had an equal number of votes. The official nominees are:

Ellipse's new industrial Model F keyboards
Kishsavers for everyone! Ellipse's fantastic project is bringing us brand new F62 Kishsaver and F77 Industrial Model F Capacitive over PCB Buckling Spring keyboards.

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Sample barrels, springs and flippers have arrived. Can you tell which ones in the photos are originals and which ones are the new ones?

Hasu's 60% Alps PCB
This 60% Alps PCB support Alps SKCM/SKCL and compatible switches, and various layouts including old vintage keyboard layouts. You can use vintage switches, keycaps, stabilizers and mounting plates, and it can be screwed down in Poker compatible cases.

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Make a 60% keyboard from your favorite old Alps keyboard with this PCB.

Idollar's FSSK
Another fantastic capacitive buckling spring project, the FSSK will bring us a IBM Space Saving Keyboard with Model F technology. There are not a lot of keyboards better than the IBM SSK. An FSSK would certainly be such a keyboard!

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Designing the FSSK.

Koalapear's custom Alps board project The Monarch
The Monarch is Alps compatible custom keyboard which uses Apple Extended Keyboard II dye sub PBT keycaps and stabilizers, and has aluminum top and bottom plates.

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The 60%+left-hand numberpad layout allows for close mouse placement on the right side.

OptiKey, for people suffering from ALS/MND
OptiKey is an assistive on-screen keyboard which runs on Windows. It is designed to be used with a low cost eye-tracking device to bring keyboard control, mouse control and speech to people with motor and speech limitations, such as people living with ALS or MND.
OptiKey v2 - intro.

Topre dampening rings from Hypersphere
Hypersphere worked with companies that make custom parts from various polymers and foams with the goal of duplicating or even improving upon the silencing rings used in Topre RF and Type-S HHKBs. These are now known as the Hypersphere rings.

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Hypersphere rings on NovaTouch switches.

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chzel

09 Dec 2015, 12:36

Can't I vote for three? Elliptic F and FSSK for being cool, and Optikey for being what it is!

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webwit
Wild Duck

11 Dec 2015, 21:27

The vote closes on Monday 14 December at 20:00 UTC. Vote now!

The two nominees with currently the most votes are (in alphabetical order):
Spoiler:
Ellipse's new industrial Model F keyboards
Hasu's 60% Alps PCB

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