My Custom Mechanical 60% Keyboard Build
All the parts
1x GH60 (Satan) board - $35
61x Cherry Clear switches - $35
2x Cherry Blue switches - $3
10x Cherry Red switches - $10
1x PCB Stabilizer set (6.25 space) - $6
1x Royal Oak Glam 60% case (Black Walnut) - $78
1x Aluminium 60% plate - $19
1x SA profile Choclatier keycaps - $102 (base, modifiers, and novelties)
1x Braided Nylon USB cable - $15
1x Braided Nylon USB cable - $15
Solder, Tools, Risers, Labor, etc.
Total: ± $300
(Other single switch types added as needed)
Testing the board
I had my helper do the work here. We needed to test the board before applying any solder.
So I added my own:
Then Assemble (using temporary spare GMK Carbon Cherry-profile keycaps):
Assembling
Add the stabilizers first
Add the plate (using a few switches as spacers)
Then add the rest
Solder solder solder...
And test again:
The casing
The casing I received did to have built-in risers:
So I added my own:
Then Assemble (using temporary spare GMK Carbon Cherry-profile keycaps):
Hmm... pretty.
And finally received my Chocolatier SA-profile keycap set!
And finally received my Chocolatier SA-profile keycap set!
Programming the GH60
The board is controlled by a ATmega32U4 microcontroller (version 1/2/3) and is programmed using a DFU bootloader. I needed to install libusb and use Easy AVR keyboard mapper, then configured my layout, functions, macros and layers:
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