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Keychron Q5 QMK Carbon Black Aluminium RGB ANSI Barebones

Keychron Q5 QMK Carbon Black Aluminium RGB ANSI Barebones

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Keyboard Size: 96%
South Facing LED
Socket: 3 & 5 Pin
Layout

Keychron Q5

Setting the best example for efficient space usage, the Q5 has a compact 96% layout design while retaining all the essential functions and number keys. With its full metal CNC machined body, double-gasket design, and QMK/VIA support, the Q5 is the ultimate choice for an almost full-size keyboard.

A Refined Piece Of Metal Art

The entire metal body is crafted with 6063 aluminum that is processed through CNC machined, polished, anodized, sandblasted, and undergoes 24 more manufacturing stages to make this solid metal piece of art that is the Q5. 

All-Around Customizable Keyboard

To build a fully customizable keyboard, we designed every component easily assembled. Therefore, you can customize and adjust each component you want.

Double-Gasket Design

The Double Gasket Design is a new innovative structure in the industry. In addition to the gaskets on the plates, we added silicone pads between the top and bottom cases to significantly reduce the sound resonance between the metals and reduce the noise of the impacted metals. This design allows the keyboard to maintain the flexibility of the gasket structure and improves the overall typing sound. 

An Epic Core Inside The Keyboard

A brand new ultra-low-power MCU Arm structure that is powerful and armed with 128K Flash to provide more flexibility for developers. The polling rate is up to 1000 Hz out of the box, which makes latency non-existent for the competitive game.

Switch layouts between macOS & Windows

Built with the Mac users’ experience in mind while still retaining compatibility for Windows devices, the Keychron Q5 comes with a system toggle and an additional set of customized keycaps for both Windows and macOS systems. You can now save two different layouts on the keyboard, one for each system.

Program Q5 with QMK & VIA

With full QMK and VIA support, you can easily program and remap each key on the keyboard. The open-source firmware means endless possibilities for keyboard layouts, shortcuts, backlight effects, even the knob, and more. 

Hot-swappable.

The hot-swappable sockets are mounted on the PCB, so you can install or change the switches without soldering. The PCB supports both 3 pin and 5 pin MX mechanical switches.

South-facing RGB LED Lights.

The south-facing RGB LED is designed to better illuminate the keyboard backlight from the typist’s angle with the premium non-shine-through PBT keycaps installed. The south-facing RGB is also free from interference when the users install OEM or Cherry-profile alternative keycaps on the keyboard.

 

Specs

Width 145 mm
Length 390.4 mm
Front Height 20.2 mm  (without keycaps)
Back Height 33.4 mm (without keycaps)
Feet Height 2.4 mm
Angle 5.2°
Weight 2200 g ± 10g (the fully assembled weight)
Body Material Full CNC machined aluminum
Plate Steel
Polling Rate 1000Hz


Switches N/A
Backlight South-facing RGB LED
Switch Support Hot-swappable (5 pin & 3 pin)
Stabs Screw-in PCB stabs
Connectivity Type-C cable
Cable Type-C cable + Type-A to Type-C adapter
MCU Ultra-low-power Arm Cortex-M4 32-bit STM32L432 (128KB Flash)
Operating Environment -10℃ to 50℃

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