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Travaulta & Twist35
Twist35 is a nice case by Technofrikus for the Vault35's Travaulta Topre PCB.
Published July 16, 2024
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Long story short: Twist35 is a cool case by Georg Wenetiadis aka Technofrikus for Calvin's Travaulta, which is a Topre PCB for the Vault35 sold by MechVault.
These projects were brought to my attention by Georg who designed the matching case starting with seirin-blu's SK Vault Case, so this is another good example of a real community effort.
I originally bought a Vault35 from Cain to put the Travaulta Topre PCB into it. But then I would have one PCB left over. So I wanted to design a simple case. I looked around because there were already many third party cases, but none were what I had in mind. During looking around I found the SK Vault Case by Seirin Blu. The Fusion file was included in the repo, so I could easily use the inside part to fit the PCB and change the outside to my liking, thank you very much! – Georg.
Vault35 specs
- 34-37 keys
- MX, soldered
- RP2040 controller
- 62 RGB LEDs
- Vial compatible
- five different bottom row/space bar options with ease of assembly due to KLE guide/reference printed on PCB.
Vault 35
Travaulta specs
- travaulta is an EC (Topre) PCB
- single bottom row layout (double 1.75u splitbars)
- in order to fit the PCB into the case, small modifications to some housings are necessary.
Twist35 back
Resources
- Vault 35 case at MechVault
- Vault 35 PCB/plate at MechVault
- Travaulta PCB on Github
- Twist35 case
- SK Vault 35 case by seirin-blu
Published on Tue 16th Jul 2024. Featured in KBD #169.
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