Peripherals Mechanical Keyboards

All the resistors you need are 0805 (2012) size smd resistors.

oh - the SMD LED (that go on the bottom) are 1206 (3216) size.

0805 and 1206 are imperial sizes - metric is 2012 and 3216 respectively.

 

Ok I am getting more confused now.

so to build my Ctrl60 board i will need the following

Switches
LED's
1N4148 diodes
50 x 133 resistors
65x 470 resistors
stabs

I think thats right so my diode order would be 40x 133 resistors as i ordered white LEDS and 65 470 resistors (all 8050)

also what do you mean by the SMD LED?

Oddly when I look around for the SMD resistors all i seem to find are ones with a range or 0 - 10k not specific resistances

e.g: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100x-SMD-...mponents_Supplies_ET&var=&hash=item3cd9481aeb

 

The LED that go on the bottom of the pcb are not through hole LED, they are SMD LED.

Don't go on ebay for resistors get them from here https://cpc.farnell.com/ if you search "0805 470" then it will bring up loads.

though on that ebay link there is a drop down to choose the resistance.

 

Ah cheers for the info Margo Massive help.

and I didnt even Know I would need an SMD Led

Also I cant find 133 Resistors on there at all which is odd

 

I can never find 133's either, but those are the ones that GON suggests - you could probably get away with 120 but I've not tested that.

You don't have to use SMD LED you could leave them off, if it's not going in a GON case, I would of thought there would be little gain having the underside LED.

 

I Will keep looking for 133's then as its a Gon board and i would rather be safe than sorry and for now im not going to bother with smd I want to just get it sorted.

I will eventually get a custom case where the sides are metal and there's a hole in the bottom which is covered with clear acrylic so you can see the CTRL alt logo

 

the [CTRL] Alt is on the top - under where the switches will be, you won't really see it if you have a plate, if it's in a plateless setup then you would see it through the switches.

Couldnt really go on the bottom as there is a silk screen on the bottom that tells you what to put where, and that's quite important info so it had to go on the top.

Infact - there is loads of 133 at my usual supplier farnell, (not cpc their daughter store) http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/search/br...skipParametricAttributeId=&prevNValues=215515 problem with farnell is it's min 20 quid order, unlike a fiver at cpc.

 

Looks Like I am going plateless then haha.

And I found some 133 0805's on aliexpress that a mate of mine suggested ordered 200 to be sure came to £2 so will not complain

 

Anyone want some GMK Cyan?

 

YES haha, I have literally just filled out the form before seeing you post here. I just know, that if I don't get it, I will kick myself.

 

Haha, NO Margo, we need you for board construction!

Cyan is awesome, but because this is ran by Feng it only appears in his subforum. It needs more exposure. I want those Pink mods to make a toned down GMK Miami set

 

Tempted by Cyan, but I want other upcoming sets more...

 

Which ones Yslen?

GMK Klaxon
Manly Unicorn
GMK Olivetti
Cospar SA
Burnt Papyrus DSA
Peacock, Desko or Dyesub Cyrillic

Or some other one that I missed.

 

Also tempted by cyan but I have no money and 2 kids...if only there was a way I can get 2 money and no kids.

 

CTRL ALT is, I believe, running hyperfuse again in the near future. I'm saving my pennies for that

The Deep Space DSA IC on PMK also looks good.

 

hype. GMK hyperfuse too.

soon

I want to use the purple mods with the cyan alphas, and the cyan mods with WoB, I think that will be tremendous.

 

I'd be interested if it wasn't for the handbag...

 

exxxxxxxactly

 

Serious HYPE! Ha, I forgot about that one.

I'm really looking forward to the rumoured GMK Miami as well.

What I do know is that I will be picking up Ivan's Dolch and various other goodies tomorrow afternoon!
The delivery guy came by but I didn't have enough cash on hand to pay the import tax.
But GMK packing tape doesn't lie.