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Drawing KF-0001Parametric keyboard design
6 × 1u

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60% ANSI · 64 keys · DSA profile
Design60% ANSI
Keys64
ProfileDSA
Sheet1 of 1
01The progression

Your design, from idea to keyboard.

You design the look and the layout; keyfab designs the rest.

Stage 1 · Experiment

Try it every way

Try a layout, change your mind, try another. Designing in keyfab costs nothing.

VARIANTS · v1–v3
v1 · 60% · triedv2 · 40% ortho · triedv3 · 65% · keptTRY · CHANGE · TRY AGAIN3 layouts tried · nothing to pay until you buy files
Stage 2 · Key layout

Every key, dimensioned

Place keys on a real grid. Pitch, widths and positions are true millimetres, so the design you make is the board you get.

PLAN · 1u = 19.05 mm
285.7595.251u = 19.0561 keys · pitch 19.05 × 19.05
Stage 3 · Circuit

The matrix, solved for you

keyfab wires every switch into a row-and-column matrix with a diode per key, and assigns the microcontroller pins.

SCHEMATIC · KF-SCH
R0R1R2R3R4C0C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8C9C10C11C12C13C145 × 15 matrix · 61 switches · 61 diodes → RP2040 GPIO
Stage 4 · PCB

Routed and ready to order

The circuit becomes a two-layer board: footprints placed under every key, traces routed, outline cut. Gerbers and drill files follow.

LAYOUT · F.Cu / B.Cu
━ F.Cu ┅ B.Cu ▭ Edge.Cuts 2 layers · 1.6 mm FR-4
Stage 5 · Keycaps

Profiles and legends, specified

Choose a sculpt for every row and set legends inside each cap's legend frame. Your keycap designs record it all.

SECTION A–A · TOP VIEW
R114.6R212.5R311.9R412.9SECTION A–A · Cherry profile · mmFleft-insetback-insetTOP VIEW · legend frame
Stage 6 · Assembled

Your keyboard, made

Boards from the fab, caps from the printer, firmware on the controller. Solder the switches, seat the caps, plug it in.

ASSEMBLY · 60% ANSI
TitleFrom idea to keyboard
Drawn bykeyfab · Sixty North AS
DrawingKF-0001
Rev1
ScaleNTS
Sheet1 of 1
02Starter designs

Begin from a working design.

Every starter design is a complete, buildable keyboard. Start from one, then make it yours.

03File schedule

What you buy: files, not boxes.

keyfab ships no physical goods. Your files for making your keyboard are yours to download once you've paid, and you take them to the manufacturers you choose. We'll show you how.

01

PCB design

Gerber and drill files for your circuit board, ready to order from a board house.

$36.00for 60% ANSI
02

Firmware

Your keymap, compiled for the board's Raspberry Pi Pico and ready to flash.

$19.00for 60% ANSI
03

Bill of materials

Every part to buy — switches, diodes, stabilisers and the rest — listed by supplier.

$29.40for 60% ANSI
04

Keycap designs

Every cap's colours and legends, and the set's profile, ready to import at your keycap maker.

$25.60for 60% ANSI
05

Layout drawing

A drawing of your keyboard, to check before you order and keep for reference.

Freefor 60% ANSI

Every download comes with a step-by-step guide to ordering, assembling and flashing your keyboard.

Prices shown are for the 60% ANSI starter design. A design's prices follow its size, and the price you see is the price you pay.

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