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Best input device project 2015

Posted: 14 Dec 2015, 21:19
by The Keyboard Oracle
The nominees in the category Best input device project 2015 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.

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.

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!

Koalapear's custom Alps board project The MonarchThe 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.

OptiKey, for people suffering from ALS/MNDOptiKey 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.

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.

And the Wingnut for Best input device project 2015, as voted for by the members of deskthority, goes to...
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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?

Posted: 14 Dec 2015, 21:21
by 7bit
Congratulations!
:-)

Posted: 14 Dec 2015, 23:09
by webwit
Might win it again next year! He got that multi-year-product strategy from 7bit...

Posted: 15 Dec 2015, 00:20
by ramnes
This is definitely elliptical!

Posted: 15 Dec 2015, 02:40
by Ellipse
Thanks all for voting!

Posted: 15 Dec 2015, 05:52
by Madhias
Congratulations, when I first saw the project I thought like you must be megalomaniac (what a cool word that is)!

Posted: 15 Dec 2015, 10:26
by vsev
Would have been better to have opportunity to order only PCB and plates, but ... congrats !

Posted: 15 Dec 2015, 11:39
by E3E
Definitely an ambitious project you'd need a true passion for to see fulfilled. It's certainly a deserved award!

Posted: 15 Dec 2015, 15:50
by Hypersphere
Ellipse -- congratulations! This is one of the most amazing projects ever!

Posted: 15 Dec 2015, 16:07
by Muirium
Indeed. A good lot of attention to detail, and money, went into this project. But the proof is in the product. Let's see some working prototypes!

Posted: 16 Dec 2015, 05:27
by Ellipse
vsev you can order only PCB and other parts for the project - you do not need to order a finished unit.

Posted: 16 Dec 2015, 05:36
by chzel
Ellipse, do you plan to run this as a single GB, or provide some form of store with stuff in stock, especially for the "spare parts" (flippers, barrels, etc)?

Posted: 16 Dec 2015, 12:11
by vsev
Ellipse wrote: vsev you can order only PCB and other parts for the project - you do not need to order a finished unit.
Nice, thanks for precision !

Posted: 20 Dec 2015, 04:50
by Ellipse
chzel the F77 and F62 project will likely be a single GB for a month or two. I suggest that everyone buys whatever parts they may need in the future.