Das Keyboard has announced the availability of its
new RGB mechanical keyboard equipped with Cherry MX switches in the form of the
Das 4Q Smart. Which is available to purchase directly from the company’s
website and retail partners priced at US$ 199. The original Das Keyboard 4 from
which the new keyboard has evolved from will also remain part of the company’s
product line alongside the new 4Q.
Key hardware features in the Das Keyboard 4Q
include:
– A Q button for activating the Das Keyboard Q smart
software;
– Individually controlled RGB lights on each key;
– Brightness and media controls, plus an oversized
volume knob;
– Full n-key rollover with 100 percent anti-ghosting
– Extra-long braided cable (2m, 6.5ft.) for better
cable management; and
– An instant-sleep button to save the planet.
“The Das Keyboard Q marketplace for applets, which
is available across all Q-series keyboards, provides users with the simplest
way to get important information straight to their keyboard creating a visual
dashboard. Use case examples and other features of the Q-enabled keyboard
include.”
– Tracking stocks in real time;
– Monitoring CPU activity;
– Checking the weather forecast;
– Tracking the status of projects, pending deadlines
and tasks over time;
– Control of IoT devices
– Receiving virtually any other kind of information
an individual.
The Das Keyboard Q software also includes:
- A dashboard for real-time key color visualization of information coming from the Internet into the Q-series keyboard, made possible by the Q marketplace applets, IFTTT, Zapier or any other cloud applications with a public API;
- Mode illumination, which allows the Q-enabled keyboard’s LEDs to be individually controlled;
- User-defined lighting profiles; and
- A desktop REST API that allows programmers to directly control the light colors with their own scripts.
