Das Keyboard Unveils First Cloud-Connected Keyboard on Kickstarter

Austin, Texas based Das Keyboard has unveiled the newest addition to its family of high-performance mechanical keyboards with the introduction of the Das Keyboard 5Q on Kickstarter. Built with groundbreaking software and electronics technology, the Das Keyboard 5Q is a cloud-enabled, open API, RGB mechanical keyboard that enables users to stream information from the Internet directly to their keyboard and color code keys to represent specific information.

With the Das Keyboard 5Q, Das Keyboard has once again computer keyboards to the next level, this time by transforming a traditional input-only device into an output device that functions as a dashboard keyboard to help boost productivity.

“Because it’s a cloud-enabled output device, the Das Keyboard 5Q is different than any other keyboard ever made,” says Daniel Guermeur, founder and CEO of Das Keyboard. “This is a keyboard that enables users to customize the color and animation pattern of every key based on the specific information they want to keep tabs on throughout the day. Basically, weve turned the keyboard into an output device. Once someone test drives the Das Keyboard 5Q, we think they will never want an input-only keyboard again.”

In addition to being cloud-connected, the Das Keyboard 5Q comes packed with industry leading technology and features, including:

• Extra bright RGB backlighting system with RGB+ Electronics, surface-mount LEDs, diffracting lens and ultra-clear light guide making it many times brighter than any other RGB keyboard currently on the market.

• New Gamma-Zulu mechanical switch developed by Das Keyboard with Omron located in Japan, with 1.5mm actuation point and can withstand 100 million actuations, claimed to be 100 percent more durable than standard mechanical switches. The Gamma Zulu switches have a soft tactile feel comparable to the Cherry MX brown, and there are 104 of them on each keyboard. These keyswitches need 45 grams of finger-force to activate and are claimed to produce nice tactile feedback. They actuate at 1.5 mm for speed, with a full travel of 3.5mm for comfort.

• Real-Time One (RTO) analog technology that detects a key press in 0.4 milliseconds and reports it to the computer in 1 millisecond up to 45 times faster than other keyboards.

• A Q button for activating the Das Keyboard Q software that also acts as a volume knob.

• Desktop REST API to control the Das Keyboard 5Q light settings.

“Das Keyboard is excited to launch our revolutionary Das Keyboard 5Q on Kickstarter,” adds Guermeur. “As the first cloud-connected keyboard in the world, we think people are going to be super hyped about getting their hands on the most advanced keyboard of the 21st century.”

Das Keyboard 5Q Technical Specifications

Hardware

• Das Keyboard mechanical switches withstanding 100M actuations – made by Omron, Japan.
• Centered SMT RGB Leds
• Q button – dual purpose with volume
• 3 light pipes: 2 on the sides, and 1 around the Q button
• Layout 104-key US
• 105-key layout for UK, NO, and DE
• Tactile bump on F, J, and numeric keypad 5 keys.
• Extra-long 6.5 ft (201 cm) braided USB cable with single USB type-A connector
• Fulltime NKRO over USB for fast typists and gamers
• Detachable palm-rest
• Compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux

Software

• User upgradable firmware (over the Internet with the Q app)
• Desktop REST Api
• Q desktop application
• Q cloud software
• Q software compatible with Windows, macOS and Linux

For complete details and to join the Das Keyboard 5Q revolution, check out the company’s Das Keyboard 5Q campaign on Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1229573443/das-keyboard-5q-the-cloud-connected-keyboard

For more information, visit:
http://www.daskeyboard.com

Source: Metadot Das Keyboard