/Whimsy

💁 A 40% keyboard with OLED and Rotary Encoder

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Whimsy - Rev0.5

Description

Hi, I'm Aidan and I have at least temporarily started working on the Whimsy after it seems like Prkns has abandoned it. As of writing this, Prkns has been inactive on discord for about 4 months with DSA 1930 not being shipped even though it should have been received.

All that I have done is from revision 4 and beyond. I am currently making the Whimsy for myself, but should Prkns not return I will run a group buy on my own. I can confirm that the rev 4 PCB is working, however the rev 4 plate is not. Rev 5 plate will work for sure.

The case files can be found in the corresponding file. The 3D print file is not currently up to date as I will need to mirror changes from the CNC version to it.

Plans 🤔

rev1: A working version of the board and an FR4 sandwich case

rev2: Tidied up traces and an acrylic case

rev3: Prepared for group buy (Prkns went missing at this point)

rev4: Fixed issues with OLED connections, added a reset button (Tested and Functional). Uploaded case and plate, both still need some work.

rev5: Added compatibility for Nice!Nano (UNTESTED), fixed stupid button position


OLD DESCRIPTION

A 40% keyboard with exposed Elite-C/OLED and Rotary encoder.

My first attempt at designing a "proper" custom keyboard. I spent far too long looking at all the amazing new PCB's and custom keyboards being released and having a massive urge to do one for myself. Here is my first attempt.

I've not taken delivery of the physical PCBs as of yet so i can't comment on how well i did, but they will be with me shortly.

STILL IN DEVELOPMENT - NOT READY FOR PRODUCTION - DO NOT ORDER

Whimsy

Whimsy

Say hi 👋

If you're interested in any aspect of this board or want to point out anything that could be done better in a more private manner, head on over to my website and you'll find a few different methods on there.