Support for Alternative Layouts
This is a summary of how alternative layouts have been supported by kits such as Colevrak and Homing. It is not a discussion of alt layout performance and development, but if that interests you I highly recommend starting with Pascal Getreuer’s A guide to alt keyboard layouts (why, how, which one?). It’s a concise and comprehensive overview with links to some great sites that go deeper. He also has a separate Links about keyboards page. The Keyboard layouts doc he recommends explains layout goals and metrics in detail, summarizing the alt layouts discussed here as well as more than one hundred others. Sculpted-profile The majority of custom keycap sets are sculpted-profile (Cherry, SA, MT3, KAT, etc. - more on profiles generally here) so let’s start there. Because each row has a unique keycap shape, alt layouts require a unique keycap for each legend that moves off its QWERTY row. At first there were two The Dvorak layout was patented in 1936 by August Dvorak & William L....
Apr 23, 2024
* Black case / Tactile switches / Black alphas with white mods * Navy case / Clicky switches / White alphas with black mods * Silver case / Linear switches / White alphas with black mods
Selecting options other than "N/A assembled keyboard selected" will cause errors - if you want a different combination, you'll need assemble things yourself and select "Planck Light Kit"
Are parts from the Planck Light compatible with the regular Planck? Unfortunately not! The Planck Light has a smaller grid spacing to match Kailh's keycaps
Is the Planck Light compatible with MX or Matias switches? Nope - just Kailh's PG1350 switches
Are there any other keycap options? Because of how new these switches are, Kailh is currently the only manufacturer of them, so we have limited options!
What color is the PCB? Matte black with gold traces
What chips are on the PCB? One at90usb1286 (128KB flash memory), and two IS31FL3731 chips
What about the FCC stuff? The Planck Light will be tested for part 15 compliance, and this has been built into the timeline!
Is the 2u key in the center actually Enter? It's space, and will be blank in the shipped keysets :) (Enter was a 2u key in the demo kits we got)
Will this support MIT and Grid layouts? Yeap! Both are supported by the PCB and LEDs, and all keysets come with the correct keys for both
What about a stabiliser for the 2u key? I didn't think one was needed for the 2u key, and unfortunately we don't have any option to include one at this time
Is there a plate? No plate! None's needed with this construction
Im not a big fan of the mixed cap color look, it be nice to have options.
https://www.reddit.com/r/olkb/comments/7f7mz8/the_planck_light_is_on_massdrop_for_150_usd/dqb51qz/?context=3