Das Keyboard has unveiled its new Q-Series
Cloud-Connected Smart Keyboards taking the form of the 5Q and the X50Q equipped
with the new Gamma Zulu switch, available exclusively from Das Keyboard. Both
the 5Q and the X50Q with European layouts (DE, UK and NO) will soon be
launching throughout Europe priced at € 249 and € 199 respectively. Features of
the Das Keyboard 5Q is a cloud-enabled, open API, RGB mechanical keyboard
include :
– Tracking the status of projects, pending deadlines
and tasks over time
– Notifications when someone tweets or makes other
social media posts
– Knowing when their favorite sports team has scored
– Receiving weather updates
– Tracking stock market activity
– Receiving virtually any other kind of information
they want to track without ever opening a browser through the Q keyboard’s
fully-customizable keys
The Das Keyboard Q software includes:
– A dashboard for real-time key color visualization
of information coming from the Internet into the 5Q or X50Q, made possible by
IFTTT, Zapier or any other cloud applications with a public API
– Mode illumination, which allows the 5Q’s and
X50Q’s LEDs to be individually controlled
– User-defined lighting profiles
– A desktop REST API that allows programmers to
directly control the light colors with their own scripts
Features and specifications of the Das Keyboard 5Q
and the Das Keyboard X50Q include :
– Extra-bright RGB backlighting electronics called
Das Keyboard RGB+, along with custom surface-mount LEDs, optimized lens and
ultra-clear light guide-making the 5Q keyboard many times brighter than any
other RGB keyboard currently on the market
– A ‘Q button’ for activating the Das Keyboard Q
software, and also acts as a volume knob
– Dedicated media keys located on the upper right
corner
– An extra set of silver keycaps for WASD (X50Q
only)
– Real-Time One (RTO) analog technology detects key
presses in 0.4 milliseconds and reports it to the computer within 1
millisecond-up to 45 times faster than other keyboards (5Q only)
– A full-size keyboard with a removable,
customizable and swappable top plate design (X50Q only)
