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  • Getting the Hardware
  • Installation Guide
  • Attach the acrylic cover for OLED display to the PCB
  • Prepare the top acrylic plate
  • Add the fabric middle plates on top of the PCB
  • Attach the bottom acrylic plate to the board
  • Add the rubber feet to the bottom plate
  • Best Practice
  • TRRS Cable

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Acrylic Case with Fabric Middle Plates for Split Keyboard Installation

Previouselephant42 QMK Firmware with VIANextRedox v1 (rev 1.0) Build Log

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Getting the Hardware

In this page, I’m using the acrylic case kits for Elephant42. You can get the hardware from one of the following links.

  • My Etsy Store:

  • My Shop:

Installation Guide

This guide assumes you have the basic equipments (a screwdriver) , a soldered Elephant42 split keyboard and the acrylic case kit.

Attach the acrylic cover for OLED display to the PCB

Prepare the top acrylic plate

Add the fabric middle plates on top of the PCB

Attach the bottom acrylic plate to the board

Add the rubber feet to the bottom plate

Best Practice

TRRS Cable

If it is a split keyboard, please connect both sides using the TRRS cable before giving power to the keyboard to prevent short circuit.

The Acrylic Case Kit for Crkbd v3 (Corne) is available in

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1002900189
https://www.etsy.com/listing/973943560/elephant42-v10-hotswap-pcb-kit-diy
https://shop.beekeeb.com/product-tag/elephant42/
Remove the protected film on the OLED display
The fabric / foam is placed between the top acrylic plate and PCB.