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Keychron Q12 Left-Handed Southpaw QMK Barebone Kit Black

Q12-B1 | Keychron

This product has been discontinued

The Keychron Q12 Left-Handed Barebone kit features a 96% layout with left-positioned Numpad, a black full-metal CNC body, double-gasket southpaw design, QMK/VIA support, is hot-swappable, with south-facing RGB and OSA PBT keycaps, and is compatible with MacOS and Windows operating systems.

Features


Keychron Q12 QMK Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Setting the best example for efficient space usage, the Q12 has a compact 96% layout design with a left-positioned Numpad while retaining all the essential function keys. With its full metal CNC machined body, double-gasket design, QMK/VIA support, and exceptional southpaw design, the Q12 is ideal for fulfilling your space-saving and typing needs!

Left-Handed (Southpaw) Design

Not just for left-handed people, you will also enjoy this design if you are right-handed too because it leaves more room for your mouse and it will be more convenient when using the mouse and numpad at the same time!

  • QMK/VIA Support
  • Double-Gasket Design
  • CNC Aluminium Body
  • Support macOS & Win
  • 1000 Hz Polling Rate
  • Hot-Swappable
  • South-Facing RGB

Keychron Q12 Left-Handed Southpaw QMK Custom Barebone Kit - Carbon Black Feature 1

A Refined Piece of Metal Art

The entire metal body is crafted with 6063 aluminium that is processed through CNC machined, polished, anodized, sandblasted, and undergoes 24 more manufacturing stages to make this solid metal piece of art that is the Q12.

Keychron Q12 Left-Handed Southpaw QMK Custom Barebone Kit - Carbon Black Feature 2

All-Around Customizable Keyboard

To build a fully customizable keyboard, we designed every component easily assembled. Therefore, you can customize and adjust each component you want.

Keychron Q12 Left-Handed Southpaw QMK Custom Barebone Kit - Carbon Black Feature 3

Double Gasket Design

The Double Gasket Design is a new innovative structure in the industry. In addition to the gaskets on the plates, 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. This design allows the keyboard to maintain the flexibility of the gasket structure and improves the overall typing sound.

Keychron Q12 Left-Handed Southpaw QMK Custom Barebone Kit - Carbon Black Feature 4

An Epic Core Inside the Keyboard

A powerful ultra-low-power ARM architecture MCU equipped with 128K Flash will provide more flexibility for developers. The polling rate is 1000 Hz right out of the box, which makes the latency hardly noticeable even in competitive games.

Keychron Q12 Left-Handed Southpaw QMK Custom Barebone Kit - Carbon Black Feature 5

Switch Layouts Between macOS & Windows

Built with the Mac users’ experience in mind while still retaining compatibility for Windows devices, the Keychron Q12 comes with a system toggle and an additional set of customized keycaps for both Windows and macOS systems. You can now save two different layouts on the keyboard, one for each system.

Programmable Knob

Designed to enhance your creative workflow, the aluminium rotary encoder allows you to easily customize your favourite keys and macros on the knob through the VIA software.

You can easily customize the Q12's knob to your desired key or macro commands such as: zooming in/out, adjusting screen brightness, brush size, volume, selecting video clips or photos, or backlight hue.

  • Setting the macros for "zoom in/out"
  • Using the knob as "zoom in/out"

Program Q12 with QMK & VIA

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

The hot-swappable sockets are mounted on the PCB, so you can install or change the switches without soldering. The PCB supports both 3 pin and 5 pin MX mechanical switches.

South-Facing RGB LED Lights

The south-facing RGB LED is designed to better illuminate the keyboard backlight from the typist’s angle with the premium non-shine-through PBT keycaps installed. The south-facing RGB is also free from interference when the users install OEM or Cherry-profile alternative keycaps on the keyboard.

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 shaky. The big keys’ (space bar, shift, enter, delete) typing experience is now more stable and smooth. The Keychron Q12 also supports third-party screw-in PCB stabilizers.

Specifications


Model Number Q12-B1
Type Barebone Knob
Colour Carbon Black
Switches Barebone
Width 145 mm
Length 409.4 mm
Front Height 20.2 mm (without keycaps)
Back Height 30.9 mm (without keycaps)
Feet Height 2.4 mm
Angle 5.3°
Body Material Full CNC machined aluminium
Plate Material Steel
Polling Rate 1000 Hz
MCU Ultra-low-power ARM Cortex-M4 32-bit STM32L432 (128 KB Flash)
Backlight South-facing RGB LED
Switch Support Hot-swappable (5 pin & 3 pin)
Stabs Screw-in PCB stabs
Connectivity Type-C
Cable Type-C cable + Type-A to Type-C adapter
Operating Environment -10℃ to 50℃
What's in the Box Keyboard Kit
1 x Keyboard Kit (Without Keycaps & Switches)
Including
1 x Aluminium Case
1 x PCB
1 x Steel Plate
1 x Sound Absorbing Foam
1 x Case Foam (Installed Inside)
16 x Gaskets (8 Installed and 8 in the Box)
7 sets x Stabilizers
Cable
1 x Type-C to Type-C Cable
1 x Type-A to Type-C Adapter
Tools
1 x Switch Puller
1 x Keycap Puller
1 x Screwdriver
1 x Hex Key
Backed by a 1-year Keychron warranty.

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