Keyboard Part 4: Two hundred Gasket structure RGB keyboard ceiling? A good helper for coding at the beginning of school! Cube boy FK680Pro experience

Cube Boy is also a new force with a good key ring. I have been paying attention to FK680 since the beginning. Knowing FK680Pro, I also rushed to buy it at the first time. Although I didn't catch up with the first batch, I didn't get it until April, but at that time and even now, this keyboard is very individual and cost-effective. Now their family released the FK750, but also because of some impressions left by the 680pro, I didn't get on the car in the end. This article has also been on hold for half a year. I dug a hole in my year-end summary, and I finally filled it in today.

Recently, I just saw that the 680pro is still being replenished, so let me talk about this keyboard that I have been using for half a year.

As usual, open the box first. The package is still very tight, and the packaging is a very conventional kraft paper box

After opening the box, the first thing you can see is an instruction manual.

After that, there are PC positioning board, PCB and upper and lower covers, all of which are packed in bags.

The next small bag contains screws, screwdrivers, foot stickers and data cables.

In terms of assembly, I posted a video on station b a long time ago, but I was hesitant and lazy and never released a more detailed evaluation, nor did I post pictures and texts on Ku'an, which is a sin.

Since the keyboard supports hot swapping and the structure is very simple, there is no difficulty in assembly. Take out the PCB first, and use tweezers to stick cotton on the small feet of the PCB.

Then spread the sandwich cotton and PC positioning board on the PCB, and then install the shaft body, satellite shaft and keycap.

Then use the attached screwdriver to separate the upper and lower covers, and put the bottom cotton and PCB in.

Finally, screw on the eight inner hexagonal screws and attach the foot support.

At the beginning of the year, the Gasket structure was very hot, and there were not so many mass-produced manufacturers in this field that were cost-effective. And 229 yuan, acrylic CNC shell, Gasket structure, and 680pro with bright RGB, almost tied with 199 ciy67 as the cheapest gasket structure keyboard, and the price is good. On the day when I didn't grab the spot, the transfer order on Xianyu generally cost dozens of dollars. But now, ciy67 is cleared, but 680pro is still replenishing. And when I first got it, the 680pro did give me quite a surprise.

First of all, the gasket of 680pro is realized by directly placing the small feet of the PCB in the groove of the shell. Thanks to this design, coupled with sufficient space in the bottom case, thinner bottom cotton, and thinner PC positioning plate, it is still the softest batch of all gasket keyboards until now.

The earliest version of FK680 used a thickened PC positioning board, which is the case for the early products of Cubeboy, including a 980mini. The FK680Pro was later changed to a thinner positioning plate, which also greatly enhanced the softness of the elastic.

Second, it is RGB.

The acrylic transparent shell is naturally to be eaten with RGB, and it is an all-round, multi-layered, wide-ranging RGB (wu). The 680pro has as many as 40 bottom lights, and three axis lights are placed in the space, and all the light beads have blinding brightness.

In the group of Cube Boys, the group owner repeatedly reminded everyone to be cautious when turning on the lights. Excessive current from the keyboard lights may burn out the hub, which is enough to show the power of this light. The light supports 16 levels of adjustment. In my use, it is basically 8 or 6 levels. If it is brighter, 10 levels is enough. 16 levels are really radiant during the day (physical).

In the market, it seems that only a small number of kit and PCB manufacturers can make such bright RGB, and they can definitely be regarded as the first echelon in terms of brightness. It is very friendly to friends who like RGB, and it can be matched with this light-transmitting keycap for a better effect

In addition to the two distinctive features of soft elastic and RGB, including the CNC-processed shell, via support, and good appearance, they are all considered as its plus points. Generally, it is a product that revolves around the two characteristics of gasket and RGB.

So Gul'dan, what is the price.

While the structure of the keyboard brings the soft elastic feel of the mechanism, it is also accompanied by some problems.

First of all, there is no connection between the PC positioning plate of the keyboard and the shell or the PCB, which brings a good up and down float

But as long as the shaft is removed, the positioning plate and sandwich cotton are placed on the PCB without any fixation, which is still a bit strange.

Even sometimes pulling out a keycap can pull out the entire positioning plate and the shaft body, which is a bit outrageous.

Secondly, because the cutting of the PCB is not completely precise and meticulous, the edges of the PCB will be a little rough. However, the rough position on the small feet of the PCB and the groove of the shell will rub when the PCB floats up and down, which will produce an unpleasant "creaking" sound. This is also a problem in my batch of products. I don't know if it will be improved in the future.

Here, the official solution is to polish the small feet of the PCB with sandpaper until it is flat. I polished it and did not solve it for a long time, and finally applied some grease in the groove, which is considered as a curve to save the country.

Another design problem is that the height of the top cover is not enough, and the PCB is too high after the cotton is pasted on it, which leads to a serious phenomenon of the exposed shaft of the keyboard. More than half of the basic shaft body is exposed, which still affects the look and feel of the keyboard.

Here, the official solution is to remove the cotton on one side of the PCB to reduce the height of the PCB, which can be regarded as sacrificing part of the soft elastic solution.

The above two points are common problems in this batch of products. I don’t know if it is bad luck. I also encountered two problems. When assembling the keyboard case, I found that there was a screw that couldn't be screwed in. I thought it was a screw slippery, and changing a few screws didn't help, and the official inquiry didn't know the situation. Later I found out that one corner of the nut was crooked. Although the customer service said that it could be sent back for processing, but due to the trouble of express delivery and shipping cost, I said that I still had to bear with it.

In addition, I don't know if the USB interface of my keyboard is not very good. Once I even encountered that the keyboard did not respond when it was completely plugged in. Fortunately, the customer service was better. Under the guidance, I shorted the electric shock on the PCB, and reprogrammed the keyboard firmware before it returned to normal.

In terms of the main control, it is a relatively general-purpose ATmega32U4, and the shaft seat is Kaihua.

Finally, due to the need to give way to the up and down floating, the sandwich cotton and bottom cotton of the keyboard are very thin, which is basically better than nothing. Although the sound of the keyboard itself is good, some brothers who have strict requirements on the sound still have to modify the noise reduction measures by themselves.

To sum up, it can be regarded as the experience that FK680Pro has accompanied me in the past six months. As my first gas, I have not sold it so far. Until now, in the case of accepting these strange shortcomings, the FK680Pro, which is priced at 229, is still a product worth experiencing-experience the extremely soft elastic gasket and the extremely bright RGB. But after playing with this keyboard, I also lost the desire to experience his new product FK750Pro. Cube Boy is famous for its gasket, acrylic and RGB, and it only does these three things well at this price. But all this still does not hinder, FK680PRO may be one of the most popular customized kits this year.