About this item

• 82 Keys Full Aluminum Frame: The Q1 Knob Version is a fully customizable mechanical keyboard with 75% layout that push your typing experience to the top. With a solid full aluminum frame, the Q1 is designed for premium typing comfort and endless possibility.
• All-Around Customizable Keyboard: To build a fully customizable keyboard, we designed every component easily assembled. With full QMK and VIA support, you can easily program and remap each key on the keyboard. The open-source firmware means endless possibilities for keyboard layouts, shortcuts, backlight effects, even the knob, and more.
• Hot-swappable Support: With the pre-lubed Gateron G Pro mechanical tactile brown switch providing unrivaled tactile responsiveness with up to 50 million keystroke lifespan. You can also hot-swap the Q3 with almost all of the 3pin and 5pin MX mechanical switches on the market (including Cherry, Gateron, Kailh, Panda, etc.) without soldering required. The PCB-mounted screw-in stabilizer for “big keys” such as space bar, shift, enter, and delete are designed for less wobbliness.
• Innovative Double Gasket: This Double-Gasket Structure allows the keyboard to maintain the flexibility of the gasket structure and improves the overall typing sound. We added silicone pads between the top and bottom cases to significantly reduce the sound resonance between the metals and reduce the noise of the impacted metals.
• Double-shot PBT Keycaps & South-facing Backlight: The Q1 comes with our unique OSA profile and double-shot PBT keycaps that aim to provide a more comfortable and subtle fingertip feel with excellent oil resistance for long-term use. The south-facing RGB is designed to better illuminate the keyboard backlight from the typist’s angle and free from interference when the user installs Cherry- profile alternative keycaps on the Q1.

Product Description

Keychron Q1 QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard-Knob Version

The Keychron Q1 Knob version is a fully customizable mechanical keyboard with out-of-the-box QMK/VIA support and full aluminum frame. Anyone can intuitively master any keyboard keys or macro commands (incl. the knob) through the VIA software. The Q1 is designed to be able to assemble easily, so you can customize the hardware and software with endless possibilities.

Hot-swappable The hot-swappable sockets supports both 3 pin and 5 pin MX mechanical switches (including Cherry, Gateron, Kailh, Panda, etc.), so you can customize your favorite switches without soldering.	Full Aluminum 75% Compact Layout The Q1 is crafted with a 6063 aluminum CNC machined body, polished, anodized and sandblasted finish, and twenty-four manufacturing processes.	Double-shot PBT Keycaps The Q1 comes with our unique OSA profile (OEM profile with spherical-angle) and double-shot PBT keycaps that aim to provide a more comfortable and subtle fingertip feel with excellent oil resistance for long-term use.

Program Each Key and Macro with QMK/VIA

Simply connect the Q1 to your device with a cable, import the Q1 keymap JSON file into the VIA software, drag and drop your favorite keys or macro commands to remap any key you want on macOS, Windows, or Linux operating systems, e.g.: create a macro command of a screenshot on macOS. Check our user guide or user manual for more instructions.

A brand new ultra-low-power Arm Cortex-M4 32-bit STM32L432 MCU which is powerful, and armed with 128K Flash will provide more flexibility for developers.

Double-Gasket Design

This Double-Gasket Structure allows the keyboard to maintain the flexibility of the gasket structure and improves the overall typing sound. We added silicone pads between the top and bottom cases to significantly reduce the sound resonance between the metals and reduce the noise of the impacted metals. Each keyboard component could be reassembled easily, so you can customize it the way you want. If there is any problem with the keyboard, it can be repaired by reassembling.

All New Screw-In PCB Stabilizers The screw-in design increases stability and makes it easier for changes and upgrades. Precise craftsmanship makes the stabilizers more stable and less wobbly. The big keys’ typing experience is now more stable and smooth. The Keychron Q1 v2 also supports third-party stabilizers including Cherry or Durock.	Wired Connectivity A reliable USB Type-C wired connection with 1000 Hz polling rate and NKRO make sure you won't miss a beat no matter cranking out emails or code. Note: Please avoid connecting the Q1 with a laptop through a hub to ensure enough power supply. For the same reason, please turn off the keyboard backlight if the Q1 is connecting with a tablet.	Gateron G Pro Switch The pre-lubed Gateron G Pro mechanical switches come with an optimized mold with more precise positioning, and less wobbliness will certainly improve your fingertip feel. The Gateron switch is durable enough with an unrivaled tactile responsiveness on the tactile brown switch and up to 50 million keystroke lifespan.

SPECIFICATIONS

Dimension	12.93 x 5.71 x 1.41 in (327.5 mm x 145 mm x 35.8 mm)
Weight	1825 g ± 10 g (4 lb ± 0.02 lb)
Body Material	Full CNC Machined Aluminum
Plate Material	Steel
Polling Rate	1000 Hz
Keycaps	Double-shot PBT Keycaps, OSA Profile (OEM Height, SA Shape)

MCU	Ultra-low-Power Arm Cortex-M4 32-bit STM32L432 (128KB Flash)
Switches	Gateron G Pro Mechanical Brown
Hot-Swappable	Yes, compatible with most of the 3pin and 5pin MX switches such as Cherry, Kailh, Panda, Gateron, etc.
Backlight	South-facing RGB LED
Stabilizers	Screw-in PCB Stabs
Connectivity	Type-C Wired