Hello I am quite new to the keyboard community and in need of your help. Looking to see if there are and prebuilt or kits, anything that fits this criteria (preferably prebuilt). Im looking for a hot swappable keypad/numpad. Don't mind rgb but its not a make or break. Usb-c or micro usb is fine, not really a preference. Similar to the Glorious GMMK 60% and price range doesn't really matter. Also ive done some searching and im not even sure if they exist prebuilt. Any information helps. Thank you <3
Does anyone have suggestions for quality hotswap numpads or know of any numpad GB's happening soon? Im nwq to keeb building and would like to have a numpad with my 60% :]
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Looking into getting a numpad/keypad to go along side my boards to make life a little easier when it comes to tasks with a lot of numbers involved. I'd prefer it to be hotswappable even though I can solder I appreciate the ease of hotswap boards and there are a lot of new switches coming out lately so it's nice to be able to swap them out easily, programmability is another feature I'd like so I can use it as a macropad in games and the option to use it in a grid without stabs is another big thing.
https://novelkeys.xyz/collections/diy-kits/products/novelkeys-numpad-pcbs I came across this on NK and it looks pretty much perfect but don't have a clue where to source a plate and case for it so if anybody knows that would be really helpful if not suggestions for others with cases that are easier to find would be great, thanks. Also an EU proxie would be helpful to avoid customs charges and high shipping cost.
One more thing a 4x4 grid hotswap numpad/keypad would look real nice along side my planck and let's split so if there are any of those knocking about be sure to mention :)
Check this out from Keebio:
https://keeb.io/collections/frontpage/products/chocopad-16-key-macropad-for-kailh-choc-low-profile-switches
Kprepublic has a couple 4x4s.
You could just have a sandwich style case made with a plate design fromKeyboardLayoutEditor and SwillKB
The NovelKeys PCB uses all standard spacing so just make your case, download the .dxf files and upload them to Ponoko and have them made (~$30.00)
Or take them into Fusion360 and model up some parts and have them 3D Printed.
Aside from those long-Winded approaches, I don’t think there is much else in terms of options for hot-swappable NumPad.