Idan aka yi la'akari da yawan lokacin da muke kashewa a kan madannai (to, da yawa daga cikinmu ko ta yaya), ko da ƙaramin canje-canje na ƙira na iya kawo babban bambanci a yadda muke mu'amala da kayan aikin dijital ɗinmu - ko da kyau ko mara kyau. Apple ya fahimci wannan kuma har ma ya kawo sabbin fasahohin keyboard a gaba don sabon ƙirar Macbook ɗinsu. Amma ga waɗanda ke son cikakken iko kan tsarin madannai, sabon kamfen na Kickstarter zai iya ba da amsar ɗaya daga cikin saitunan madannai mafi ergonomic da muka gani tukuna.

Sakamakon sama da shekaru uku na ci gaba, Model 01 daga kamfanin Bay Area na farko Keyboardio an bayyana shi a matsayin "madannai na asali ga masu buga rubutu na gaske".

Farawa tare da madaidaicin shinge wanda aka “tsara don hannayen ɗan adam” kuma aka ƙera shi daga shinge biyu na maple mai ƙarfi, Model 01 yana barin ƙaramin sihiri na yau da kullun don fifikon maƙallan keɓaɓɓun injuna waɗanda suke kama da waɗanda aka samo akan asalin Apple II. Abin burgewa, kowane keɓaɓɓen maɓallin keɓaɓɓun 64 an sassaka su don samar da jagora mai sauƙi da hutawa ga kowane yatsa.

"An ɗauki shekaru biyu da rabi, ya fi yadda za mu iya zato," in ji ƙungiyar miji da matar Keyboardio a shafin su na Kickstarter.

"Dole ne mu koyi ƙirar ƙirar 3D, injiniyan lantarki, soldering, lasercutting, bugun 3D, da injin CNC. Mun gina samfura iri -iri kuma mun sanya su a gaban ɗaruruwan ɗaruruwan mutane masu ɗimbin yawa waɗanda ke buga abubuwa da yawa, gami da masu shirye -shirye, 'yan jarida, masu rubutun ra'ayin yanar gizo, marubuta, da' yan wasa, don suna kaɗan. Mutane suna ci gaba da gaya mana cewa 'ku yi shiru ku karɓi kuɗi na,' amma mun ɗauki lokacin mu saboda da gaske, muna son samun wannan dama. ”

Idan nasarar da suka samu a farkon kamfen ɗinsu na Kickstarter alama ce, to tabbas sun sami wani abu da ya dace. A halin yanzu, kamfen ɗin ya kai sama da $344,000 (tare da burin asali na $120,000) kuma yana da kusan makonni uku kafin Model 01 ta fara samarwa.

Mun shafe kimanin watanni takwas muna gaskanta cewa mun kasance makonni biyar daga Kickstarter.

Kwanan nan mun sami damar yin magana da wanda ya kafa Keyboardio kuma babban injiniyan ƙira Jesse Vincent game da tarihin rayuwarsa (wanda ba ya haɗa da ƙirar kayan aiki), yadda ra'ayin yin keyboard ya samo asali, yadda ya tunkari tsarin ƙira na Model 01 da ƙari.

Hey Jesse! Za ku iya gaya mana ɗan tarihin ku?

Ni mutumin software ne ta kasuwanci. Bayan ɗan taƙaitaccen ɗan lokaci a Microsoft da dotcom yayin tashin intanet na farko, na fara kamfani don sayar da tallafi da haɓaka al'ada don Neman Tracker, tsarin bin diddigin batun tushen tushen da na rubuta. Kafin Keyboardio, ni ma na rubuta sanannen abokin ciniki na imel don Android da ake kira K-9 Mail kuma na kwashe shekaru biyu a matsayin jagoran aikin don yaren shirye-shiryen Perl.

Ta yaya ra'ayin allon madannai ya zo?

Na sami mummunan wuyan hannu da batutuwan RSI tun daga kwaleji kuma na kasance ta kusan kowane madaidaicin maɓalli daga can. Bayan 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, farawa da nake aiki bai yi nasara ba kuma na yanke shawarar ɗaukar ɗan lokaci don bincika sabbin dabaru. A wani lokaci, ban san komai game da ƙirar kayan masarufi ba, na yanke shawarar ƙoƙarin gina kaina keyboard. Na ɗauka yana iya ɗaukar ni wata ɗaya sannan zan dawo kan software.

Ta yaya kuka fara aiwatar da ƙirar kuma me ya ƙunsa?

Na fara da yawan karatu. Kafin in fara samfur na na farko, na karanta a sauƙaƙe sama da takaddun ilimi sama da 100 game da ƙirar maɓalli kuma na bi ta ɗaruruwan takardun haƙƙin mallaka na tarihi. Tun da farko, samfurina sune manyan dunƙulen yumɓu mai ƙyalli tare da maƙallan maɓalli a cikin su. Daga can, na fara ƙera keyboards na farko na aiki a cikin OmniGraffle, shirin zane na Mac vector wanda ya fi dacewa da zana Org-charts fiye da ƙera kayan masarufi. Na yi amfani da PDFs da aka samo daga OmniGraffle zuwa zanen zanen acrylic, wanda, lokacin da aka tara shi, ya gina fasali mai dacewa na keyboard mai amfani. Na yi kwarkwasa da bugun 3D, amma lokacin da firintar mu ta 3D ta kama wuta, da sauri ta ɓace.

A matsayin wani wanda ke da ƙarancin ƙwarewar ƙirar ƙirar ƙirar kayan masarufi, waɗanne dalilai ne suka sa kuka zaɓi amfani da Fusion 360 don ƙirƙirar samfuran CAD ɗin ku?

Kafin wannan aikin, ban taɓa amfani da kunshin CAD sama da mintuna kaɗan ba. Tun farkon haɓakawa, Na yi ƙoƙarin yin amfani da Inventor, Solidworks, da Rhino, amma babu ɗayansu da ya yi mini aiki da kyau. Fusion 360 shine fakitin farko wanda ya buga wuri mai daɗi don iko da sauƙin amfani. A matsayina na mai amfani da Mac, gaskiyar cewa bana buƙatar injin Windows daban don samun aikin yi ya kasance da amfani ƙwarai. Autodesk, suma, sun kasance masu fa'ida don yin aiki tare - eh, sun ba mu lasisin Fusion 360 kyauta a matsayin wani ɓangare na yarjejeniyar farawa, amma abin da ya ba ni mamaki shine matakin tallafi da muka samu daga gare su. A wani lokaci, na bugi bugun da ke taɓarɓarewa a cikin 360. Wannan ba babban abu bane, amma yi tunanin mamakina lokacin da na sami imel daga mai haɓakawa da safe wanda ya taka ni ta hanyar sake buga batun kuma ya ba da rahoto game da awanni 12 daga baya cewa zai gyara bug don sakin mirgina na mako mai zuwa. Ba kasafai nake samun tallafi mai kyau ga samfuran da nake biya ta hanci ba.

Menene wasu nau'ikan abubuwan da kuka fi so na Fusion 360 yayin tsara samfurin?

Kayan aikin haɗin gwiwar sun kasance masu ceton rayuka kamar yadda nake aiki tare da masu ba da shawara da 'yan kwangila. Sanin cewa kowa yana da damar yin rayuwa, sigogin samfura na na yanzu sun taimaka min in guji kowane nau'in abubuwan mahaukaci-skew.

Injin CAM, shima yayi kyau sosai don aiki tare. Muna da ShopBot a cikin gareji kuma samun ingantaccen tsarin CAM wanda ke samar da G-Code ɗin mu…

Zai ɗauki tsawon lokaci fiye da yadda kuke tsammanin samun daidai. A kusa da samfurin ƙarshe za ku iya yin samfur ɗinku, mafi kyau.

Tare da maimaitawa ta ƙarshe a hannu, a wane lokaci kuka san cewa kun shirya don ƙaddamar da kamfen ɗin Kickstarter?

Mun shafe kimanin watanni takwas muna gaskanta cewa mun kasance makonni biyar daga Kickstarter. Abubuwa biyu da suka ɗauki tsawon lokaci fiye da yadda aka zata suna shirye-shiryen shirye-shiryen 'kusan-ƙarshe' kuma cikin hannun masu gwajin beta da muka amince da su don ba mu amsa ta gaskiya da haɗa bidiyo mai tursasawa. Maganar gaskiya, ban tabbata gabaɗaya mun kasance a shirye don ƙaddamarwa akan Kickstarter ba lokacin da muka yi.

Wace shawara za ku ba wani kamar ku wanda ke iya tunanin ƙaddamar da ƙirar ƙirar samfuran su akan Kickstarter?

Zai ɗauki tsawon lokaci fiye da yadda kuke tsammanin samun daidai. A kusa da samfurin ƙarshe za ku iya yin samfur ɗinku, mafi kyau.

Yi gaskiya da gaskiya tare da masu goyan bayan ku. Saurari abin da suke tambaya – ba dole bane (kuma bai kamata) aiwatar da kowane fasalin da suke nema ba, amma za ku koyi abubuwa da yawa ta hanyar tattaunawa da su game da abin da suke so da kuma dalilin da ya sa.

A ƙarshe, kuma mafi mahimmanci, a ina za mu iya samun mafi kyawun donut a Yankin Bay kuma wace irin donut ce?

Muna yi mana dashen dashen ruwa na kwanan nan daga gabar Tekun Gabas kuma ba mu yi wani abin mamaki ba donut, amma muna aiki da tsari ta zaɓin jakar gida. Ya zuwa yanzu, abubuwan da muke so duka suna cikin Oakland-Beauty's yana yin jakar salo ta Montreal kuma Kamfanin Bagel na Gaskiya a Jack London Square yayi kyakkyawan jakar salon New York.

Ga waɗanda ke sha'awar siyan nasu Model 01, farashin na'urar zai fara daga $299 tare da kimanta ranar jigilar kaya ta Afrilu 2016 akan Kickstarter.