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Rhenium

It is a Keyboard that is powered by RP2040 microprocessor that uses a USB-C, this keyboard is expected to be used with MX-Red Switches also this has a layout of a slight variation of ANSI-104

Why Rhenium?

Personally I had never used a mechanical keyboard in my life and only relied on cheap membrane keyboard or use my laptop's keyboard , But when I heard about Blueprint I decided to change it all at once and build myself a Mechanical keyboard , And also decided that I need to have everything custom nothing extrenal thus I embeded the microprocessor into the pcb making it better!

Rhenium was named after the inspiration taken from the chromium browser!

How To Use ?

To use this computer appartus I would suggest using your biological input device so called digits i.e. fingers ,Begin by selecting finger of your choice then elevate your finger about 0.3-0.4 cm above the desired key then place it in on that particular key then gently apply 0.30N of magnitude of force this would lead your visual display unit to render the desired character represented by the key , Simple as that

Before that make sure the assemeble the keyboard and connect it via the usb-c , and to flash the firmware use the bootsel btn and build the .uf2 fie usinf qmk-compile (Note the firmware is untested)

Case Render

Top & Side ViewView Rear view
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Full Assembly View
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PCB Layout and Render

PCB Schematics /Wiring
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3D view
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JLCPCB ORDER

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Shipment Option

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See I did not find gdsr option so I chose UPS world wide express shipment

BOM

Item Description Quantity Unit Price ($) Total Price ($) URL
PCB (V1 and V2 , PICO) JLCPCB 1 113.66 113.66 https://jlcpcb.com
Pinecil V2 Solder Iron 1 OWNED 0.00 OWNED
Diodes Diodes 75 0.01 1 Owned
Case Print Legion Shipment 1 6.00 6.00 https://hackclub.com
Akko Switches Switch Set (45) 2 14.00 28.00 https://stackskb.com/store/akko-v3-cream-black-pro-switch-pack-of-45/
Keycaps MDA Profile Keycaps 1 16.69 16.69 https://stackskb.com/store/stackspbt-lavender-mda-profile-keycaps-131-key/
OLED Display 0.91" OLED Display 1 2.23 2.23 https://robu.in/product/blue-oled-display-module/
Vertical Rotary Encoder Rotary Encoder 1 2.00 2.00 https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0888RWNM1
Rotary Cap Knob Cap 1 0.40 0.40 https://robu.in/product/potentiometer-knob-rotary-switch-cap-black-color-pack-of-5-pcs/
M2 Screw + Hex + Washer Misc Hardware 6 0.80 0.80 https://onlyscrews.in/products/m2-nut-ss-304
Soldering Essentials Solder+Flux+TipCleaner 1 4.54 4.54 https://robocraze.com/products/7cmx5-5cm-soldering-cleaning-sponge-for-soldering-irons-work-stands?variant=47303371227360 , https://robu.in/product/solder-wire-0-8mm50g/ , https://robu.in/product/noel-flux-soldering-paste-10g/
TOTAL 175 $

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