02/08/2023 at 18:41 by Maximilian Hohm – The Youtuber “glarses” has built a huge keyboard that is fully functional and life-size. In doing so, he had to contend with numerous challenges and could only partly use existing components. Therefore, read more about the project below, the costs it caused and which parts had to be manufactured individually.
While a fast PC is a must-have for PC gaming, peripherals can also make a significant difference during long gaming sessions and help you become a better gamer. In the meantime, mechanical keyboards are particularly popular in the keyboard area. These can be purchased pre-assembled from manufacturers such as Corsair or Logitech, or you can build them yourself. With the latter custom models, individual preferences can be addressed and, in addition to the layout, the housing color and the material, the switches and many other details can be taken into account.
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The YouTuber “glarses”, who implements all kinds of individual projects in this area, usually also deals with such keyboards. After a visit to CES in Las Vegas, however, he took on a special project and built a huge keyboard. Unlike the Razer model at the fair, he didn’t opt for a tenkeyless model, but for a full-size layout that has a total of 104 keys.
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This requires special switches in particular. Novelkeys has the Big Switch on offer, which is 64 times the size of a normal switch and, at 17 euros per switch, is unfortunately not a bargain. A total of just under 1,800 euros is therefore already spent on switches. The huge PCB and the two-part metal housing had to be manufactured by external partners and the final keyboard is about the size of an adult human.
But the construction caused several complications. Several keys are so heavy that they activate the switches with their own weight, which is why glarses had to use longer springs here. About eight grams of solder were used per key and the special keys had to be attached with hot glue. While everything else on the keyboard is huge, the connection to a PC is via standard USB-C. Overall, the project caused costs of around 13,500 euros, which probably disqualifies a giant keyboard as a DIY project for most users.
Those: Golem.de
