Hi everyone, a short introduction of me. I am Tippo from Germany, and I am currently studying engineering. I designed my first keyboard for myself some time ago and had so much fun doing it that i decided to try my luck as a professional keyboard designer. I hope i can contribute some nice keyboards to the community in the future.
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Welcome to KeebTalk!
The image in your post makes me wonder if LED lights from under PCB can be easily changed to recreate the illusion of floating keyboard in RL.
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Grüß dich - and welcome!
That’s a very cool keyboard design. Always glad to have more creative folks here.
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Hey @Tippo_SL, welcome! I saw you IC for the Hover over on GH last night, pretty cool stuff! Glad to see you over here, I think you’ll find KT much more easy going than GH. Although GH is still absolutely the place to put your ICs & GB posts.
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Ha. I didn’t realize the hover effect was actually a feature of the board and not a marketing CG. I see what Tippo did w/reduced bottom size and placement of LEDs. I was thinking of doing it differently but I think this works better. Very cool.
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Thank you for the nice feedback. I really appreciate it. It’s good to hear some nice words about it.
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Very cool board. You got any plans on producing it later or just a personal piece you wanted to share? Also does it have a name?
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Actually I did some prototyping and plan to make a gb run in the future.
Here are some pictures of the prototypes.
Edit: I called it Hover TKL because of the effect it creates with the lighting.
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For some reason, I’m getting a little bit of land speeder vibes with the hover effect 
I’m excited to see what you have cooking up in keyboards!
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Initially I was going more for a BTTF hoverboard inspiration but wasn’t too comfortable with the pink and one side to be rounded an the other square.
It originally even had a weight that had poron in between to let the hole board move up a down. This was more of a gimmick as it would never move from typing force and resting your hands on it would just let it stay bottom out. So it evolved in a more star wars like design.
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I really love the hover look! Is there any chance you would make a 60% version of the Hover TKL?
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Hi Zozaf, I might make different versions of the keyboard in the future. I decided my first GB to be a TKL out of preference and i am pretty committed to the TKL as i already poured money into the prototypes. Not gonna lie, the time and work i committed on this project is a lot and it would be pretty sad to abandon it.
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If there is an interest i could open up a thread about the Hover TKL where i can provide you with every info and updates on the board. I really would like to get some feedback on the board. The protos turned out to be quite good with some minor issues i already redesigned. But i would like to hear out the community and let ideas flow into the finished product. It just can’t be big changes at this point sorry.
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That green is swoon-worthy.
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It came out a bit darker on this photo than it is in reality. Here is an album with all the pictures of the prototypes.
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