65 % + encoder · CHF 389
CADRAN 68
A dial you can turn, on a board that already reads one.
Why it is called that
CADRAN
Arrow keys, a short navigation column, and a machined aluminium encoder in the top right with a detent every 15°. The encoder is the only rotating part ENTREFER makes, and it is not a volume knob unless you tell it to be.
68
keys
1.52kg
without cable
1kHz
report rate
Its own key field
68 keys in 16 × 5 units. Drawn to the same 19.05 mm pitch as every other board here.
68 keys, 16 × 5 u at 19.05 mm — the same pitch every keyboard has used since the Selectric, and the module this whole page is set on.
Specification
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Layout | 65 % + encoder, 68 keys, ANSI |
| Key field | 16 × 5 u at 19.05 mm pitch = 304.8 × 95.3 mm |
| Case | 320.8 × 111.3 × 32 mm |
| Weight | 1.52 kg, +180 g with the Laiton weight |
| Material | CNC 6082-T6 aluminium, bead-blast 120 grit, Type II anodise |
| Mount | Gasket, 1.5 mm FR4 plate |
| PCB | 1.6 mm, four layer, one EF-1c per key |
| Switches | PALPEUR, five-pin hot-swap, plus a rotary encoder |
| Report rate | 1 000 Hz, always |
| Connection | USB-C, detachable, 1.8 m braided. No wireless. |
| Indicator | One white strip under the front edge |
| In the box | Board, cable, switch puller, keycap puller, 2.5 mm hex driver, bulletin d'étalonnage |
| Price | CHF 389 |
Finishes
The house finish. The colour of the limestone Neuchâtel is built from.
Slate. Type II anodise run long, at the dark end of what the bath will give.
Silver anodise over a finer 180-grit blast. The only finish that shows a fingerprint.
A brass bottom weight, unlacquered, that will go brown in a year. +CHF 65.
The other two
VERNIER 61
The auxiliary scale. Reads the fraction between two divisions.
- Layout
- 60 %
- Case
- 301.8 × 111.3 mm
CHF 329
ÉTALON 87
The reference artefact. The one the others are measured against.
- Layout
- Tenkeyless
- Case
- 363.7 × 135.1 mm
CHF 479
PALPEUR
The switch, on its own. Three weights, forty to a box.
- Travel
- 3.60 mm
- Life
- 100 M
CHF 39