On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Martin Langhoff <mar...@laptop.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Christoph Derndorfer > <christoph.derndor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Congrats! > > On behalf of the combined foundation & association team -- thanks! > > > Oh, and is that a green non-membrane keyboard I'm seeing there? :-) > > Will this be a standard feature on XO-1.75s, an option for SKUs, or is > this > > simply a prototype configuration? > > Instead of offering a mechanical keyboard in blue units, which > entailed some manufacturing complications, we'll have it as an > optional on the usual green/white. > > It's different enough that it's a separate model altogether (CL2 for > membrane, CL2A for mechanical kb) -- meaning it's different enough > that it requires separate certifications (yup, double up the cert > costs). This makes sense if you consider that CL2 can be certified as > a"children's product" thanks to the safer design of the kb. > > We are doing some background work to improve the membrane kb -- > mechanical engineering is hard and can't be rushed (not with good > results anyway). So it's hard to know whether it'll make the cut. Keep > your eyes open for C1 stage units -- :-) > Thanks a lot for the explanation, I always find these "tiny" production, engineering, and certification details quite fascinating! :-) Cheers, Christoph > cheers, > > > > m > -- > mar...@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC > - ask interesting questions > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > -- Christoph Derndorfer co-editor, olpcnews url: www.olpcnews.com e-mail: christ...@olpcnews.com
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