Editing Phantom

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[[File:PhantomLogo.png|320px|thumb|right|Phantom Logo]]

<b>Note:</b> To learn how to build a Phantom, please look at the [[Phantom instruction guide]].

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==Introduction==
The Phantom is a community-developed design for a [[tenkeyless]] keyboard with plate-mounted [[Cherry MX]] switches, intended to fit inside the case of a [[Filco Majestouch]] keyboard. Parts were produced/procured and sold together in a [[Phantom Group Buy]] during 2012, which did not include any case. The keyboard was engineered by bpiphany (formely "[[PrinsValium]]") following the original idea of [[HaveANiceDay]]. Bpiphany owns the copyright of the PCB. Text on the circuit board says: "All rights reserved, but just ask I won't charge anything", meaning that bpiphany will help set up an order for a batch of boards. Individual boards are available from online retailers. The controller is a [[Teensy 2.0]], mounted under the main PCB between the rows for function and numeric keys. Unfortunately, not all third party cases that can hold the innards of a Filco have room for this controller board.

Features pioneered by the Phantom were:
* Different layouts with the same PCB. Plates were made for ISO and ANSI, with and without Windows keys (and for a special "7bit layout"). The PCB supported more layout options than the official plates, including a 6u space bar.
* Fully programmable controller.
* Custom-designed mounting holes in the switch plates, allowing Cherry MX switches to be opened without desoldering.  One purpose of this is to allow changing of switch innards easily, to in effect change the type of Cherry MX switch.

==Layouts==
<gallery widths=400px heights=200px>
File:Phantom_ANSI.png       | Phantom [[ANSI]]
File:Phantom_ANSIWIN.png    | Phantom ANSIWIN
File:Phantom_ISO.png        | Phantom [[ISO]]
File:Phantom_ISOWIN.png     | Phantom ISOWIN
File:Phantom_7BITa.png      | Phantom 7BIT
File:Phantom_7BIT_002.png   | Phantom 7BIT with [[Spherical keycap|spherical keycaps]] from [[Round 4]]
</gallery>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=400x heights=200px>
File:phantom.png            | Phantom PCB (design)
File:Phantom_PCB-Small.jpg  | Phantom PCB
File:PhantomKeyboard002.jpg | A Phantom-based keyboard with a wooden case
</gallery>

==Availability==
The [[Phantom Group Buy|original group buy]] was conducted during 2012.
A few group orders for specific parts have been organised since.

The [[Teensy 2.0]] microcontroller is supposed to be available from [https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy.html PJRC] until at least September 2021.

* MechanicalKeyboards.com has sold [https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=536 circuit boards] and [https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=2551 plates].

==See also==
* [[Phantom instruction guide]]

==External links==
* [http://deskthority.net/resources/file/1507 Mounting plate CAD drawings] (direct download, ~120kB ZIP archive)

[[Category:Phantom keyboards]]
[[Category:Keyboards with Cherry MX switches]]
[[Category:Tenkeyless keyboards]]
[[Category:Gamer keyboards]]
[[Category:Kit keyboards]]
[[Category:List of all keyboards]]