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1 year

Altar I is now available for pre-order for everyone at . Shipping begins autumn 2023.

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

3 months

Unboxing Altar I

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PlayStation Portable (PSP), Sony Computer Entertainment, Shin'ichi Ogasawara (小笠原伸一), 2004. Via Sony Design.

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Allow yourself this.

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Shift the conversation.

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Hands, meet Altar I.

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"did they smoke crack right before selecting a font for the numbers?" — Twitter user

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Escape mediocrity.

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You only live once.

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The final word on typing. Period.

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Apple concepts, Apple Computer, Hartmut Esslinger, c. 1984.

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Three Bluetooth device’s a crowd.

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The exception that proves the rule.

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1 year

Electronic Materials Office is not responsible for damage to your hearing.

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3 months

Altar I. Born 30 Jan 2024. 0.6kg.

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1 year

ThinkPad 700C, IBM, Richard Sapper + Kaz Yamasaki, 1992. Via

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1 year

ARK 1, LOT2046, Vadik Marmeladov, 2020

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We need to talk.

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2 months

And a one, and a two...

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PlayStation 2 (PS2), Sony Computer Entertainment, Ken Kutaragi (久夛良木健), 2000. Via Sony Design.

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3 months

Electronic Materials Office® is typing...

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@MaterialsOffice

1 year

Enter a new dimension.

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Electronic Materials Office®

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4 months

The final Altar I progress report for the year has landed, and things are moving along smoothly. The pilot assembly programme — the final step before progressing to full production — is set to take place in January. Aside from that several other areas of Altar I development are…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

2 years

Introducing Altar I. Waitlist now open at

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

1 year

A new Altar I progress report has been dispatched to waitlist subscribers. Here are the key takeaways: Pre-orders are opening for everyone on 6 April 2023 @ 8am Pacific / 11am Eastern / 4pm UK + Ireland / 5pm Central Europe Altar I is expected to ship in autumn 2023 (1/3)

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@MaterialsOffice

1 year

iPod (first generation), Apple Computer, Tony Fadell ( @tfadell ) , 2001

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1 year

Raw, unfinished monobody prototypes arrive at the studio for testing.

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

4 months

Looks familiar 🤔 Left: Our Altar I PCB Right: @work_louder PCB

work louder®

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4 months

Prototype number… I think this is the one☝️

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

10 months

Order up. Testing printed instructions to be included in the box with Altar I.

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@MaterialsOffice

2 months

Great things come in small packages.

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

3 months

The January Altar I progress report — which was typed on the first production Altar I — is now available. The first Altar I units are now being born and they are a sight to behold. We now turn to full scale production with a view towards beginning to ship pre-orders around…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

9 months

001 // Materials, packaging, clamshell * Altar I primary packaging consists of a moulded fibre clamshell container — similar in design to an egg carton. It is composed of sugarcane pulp, also known as bagasse, a byproduct of making sugar from sugarcane. To make the packaging, wet…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

2 months

New progress report found: Feb '24. Begin summary: With the pilot assembly programme successfully concluded, the final Altar I parts are now in full production — once they arrive assembly can begin. The latest estimate for pre-orders to begin delivery is April 2024. Here are the…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

8 months

004 // Typography — Keycap legends on Altar I are typeset in GT Flexa, a grotesk sans-serif from world renowned Swiss type foundry @grillitype . GT Flexa is a variable typeface meaning its weight and width can flex from towering numerals to micro-text while maintaining visual…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

8 months

005 // Key shape — Touch typing on Altar I is a revelation thanks to an innovative key shape system called ESPtype™. ESPtype™ denotes different regions of the keyboard by key shape: media and modifier keys are raised, numerals and arrows keys are scooped, alphabetic keys are…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

7 months

007 // Footprint — Altar I features a sporty, compact, no-compromise layout. Also known as a "65% layout", it includes full-size arrow cluster, function row, as well as the standard alphabetic and numeric keys. — Because of Altar I's minuscule height and compact footprint, all…

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Electronic Materials Office®

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1 year

50% recycled content plastic means Altar I doesn’t cost the Earth.

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2 months

Make something wonderful and put it out there.

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

1 month

Progress report, Mar '24: The final hurdle is coming up for Altar I. Pre-assembly begins in the coming days, and final assembly after that. May 2024 is the latest estimate for pre-orders shipping to customers. The progress report summary: - The latest timeline has pre-assembly…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

1 year

Electronic Materials Office (b. 2022) Altar I, 2023 Plastic on aluminium.

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

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Altar I progress report, Apr '24: Assembly of Altar I pre-orders is in full swing. 60% of pre-orders have completed the first of the two step assembly process. The second step begins in mid May, after which pre-orders will begin to ship. We're also honoured to share that Altar I…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

8 months

The September progress report has gone out to subscribers and customers. Although progress has continued, an issue discovered during production means a small delay in getting Altar I into customers hands. The summary: — Due to a fitting issue discovered during mould production,…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

7 months

008 // Volume knob — Seamlessly control volume with the distinctive inline volume control knob. One of the most distinctive features of Altar I, the rotary encoder is manufactured by renowned Japanese electronics company Alps Alpine. Alps Alpine previously manufactured parts for…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

7 months

006 // Connectivity — Wirelessly connect to and remember up to 2 devices via Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE). Instantly swap between Bluetooth® devices using the convenient slide switch located on the side of Altar I. — Connect and charge Altar I via USB-C with the included premium…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

6 months

October's progress report has now been sent to subscribers. Altar I has passed several milestones since the last progress report: Compliance testing has gone well, a firmware revision has dramatically improved battery life, and PCBs are being fabricated. Additional info: — Altar…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

7 months

009 // Switches — The ultra-low profile frame of Altar I is made possible by low profile mechanical switches. These switches enable tactile feedback while allowing Altar I to have a nominal height of only 15mm — one of the thinnest mechanical keyboards on the market. — The…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

1 year

"...Richard Sapper’s black and boxy aesthetic so closely associated with the IBM Thinkpad is very apparent in the Altar I’s mildly Sith Lord impression..."

Design Milk

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1 year

The Altar I Keyboard Types Out a Future for Sustainable Electronics

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Electronic Materials Office®

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1 year

Today the first Altar I progress report was sent to waitlist subscribers. Here are the main points: Pre-orders are expected to open for everyone in early 2023 — more information on exact date and how the pre-order process will work will come closer to the time (1/3)

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Electronic Materials Office®

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11 months

Fresh (hot-swappable) PCBs arrive to be put through their paces.

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8 months

002 // Materials, polymers — Plastics on Altar I are made from 50% recycled content, with the recycled material coming from post-industrial and post-consumer waste sources. Recycling materials helps lower the carbon footprint of Altar I — a key goal of Electronic Materials Office…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

1 year

The latest Altar I progress report has been dispatched to subscribers. The main points: All Altar I keyboards are now hot swappable, meaning their switches can be easily changed. Moving to hot swap required changes to the PCB + monobody, both of which are now complete. (1/3)

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Electronic Materials Office®

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003 // Materials, metals — 6061 "aircraft grade" aluminium alloy forms the Altar I monobody. Aluminium is 100% recyclable, meaning an Altar I enclosure can be melted down at the end of its useful life and reformed into something else. Recycling aluminium uses only 5% of the…

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Electronic Materials Office®

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5 months

November's progress report has landed. Progress has been steady on Altar I. Injection moulding samples have been created, batteries + packaging have been delivered, bare PCBs have been manufactured, firmware tweaked, and the Altar I field manual has been written. The full…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

1 year

EMO technical drawing title block.

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Electronic Materials Office®

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9 months

August's Altar I progress report has now been sent to subscribers. Here are the main points covered: — Packaging is nearly ready for production — final samples of the clamshell container have arrived and the unboxing experience has been finished — Injection moulding tooling is…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

11 months

June's progress report has now been sent to subscribers. Here's the main areas covered: A new batch of fully fitted and featured prototypes have been created Near-final PCBs have been delivered and tested thoroughly (1/3)

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

6 months

010 // Firmware — Altar I is powered by open source firmware called ZMK — a modern, wireless-first, open source firmware built on the Zephyr® real-time operating system (RTOS). ZMK and Zephyr® are incredibly efficient and optimally suited for use in wireless devices like Altar I.…

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

9 months

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Ilya Miskov

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9 months

Altar I is gorgeous

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3 months

@karl_8080 That is... actually a great idea. Will look into it

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1 year

@maxoulos That is Tobias by the very talented @xyz_displaay

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1 year

Thanks to everyone for their patience and enthusiasm Read the full report:

Electronic Materials Office® — Mar '23 report

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2 months

@McPizza0 incorrect

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@MaterialsOffice

1 year

New prototypes have been fabricated and assembled to validate designs (pictured above) The metal plate inside Altar I has been changed from brass to aluminium to reduce weight and enhance acoustics (2/3)

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

1 year

It's been amazing to see the huge reception Altar I has received online — Thanks especially to everyone who signed up to the waitlist. Read the full progress report at: (3/3)

Electronic Materials Office® — Dec '22 report

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@MaterialsOffice

1 year

@aldomendez86 GT Flexa by @grillitype

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3 months

@karl_8080 @nothing can we put some Altar I display units in your Soho store? Pretty please? 🥺

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3 months

@ilyamiskov Not correct! We ship to Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

11 months

Next we're getting ready to place larger orders from our vendors and begin the injection mould creation process — a critical milestone for Altar I. The full report: (3/3)

Electronic Materials Office® — June '23 report

The latest progress report on Altar I.

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@MaterialsOffice

11 months

@qlavier We wanted to make sure the inside was as beautiful as the outside, even though most people will never see it.

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@MaterialsOffice

11 months

Packaging design — including a sugarcane pulp clamshell, a custom paper wrap, and a custom shipping box — is in flight Firmware development has progressed smoothly (2/3)

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3 months

@randy__digital Yes. More detailed update on timelines will drop in the next couple of days.

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1 year

@maxvoltar Proof!

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11 months

Altar I receives a mention in @couriermedia ’s CourierWeekly newsletter.

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8 months

@michaelmercer We'll definately be putting together some videos over the next few weeks!

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1 year

@joxxnie The headline is set in Tobias by @xyz_displaay

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1 year

@kholiatk Tobias by @xyz_displaay

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1 year

Samples of aluminium parts (the monobody and plate) and sample cables have arrived from our manufacturing partners Minor adjustments have been made to spacebar stabilisers and USB cutout (2/3)

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

1 year

Read the full report:

Electronic Materials Office® — May '23 report

The latest progress report on Altar I.

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@MaterialsOffice

1 year

Some talented and high quality manufacturers have been lined up to help make Altar I Minor hardware changes have been made, including a higher quality but slightly smaller capacity battery, and Windows markings have been added to several keys (2/3)

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Electronic Materials Office®

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1 year

@thomasverweij Coming soon

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@argofowl It's really real

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1 year

@GangreneDream GT Flexa by @grillitype

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@peneszviragfiu Thank you so much! It was a labour of love

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Electronic Materials Office®

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1 year

@JaimeOrtega It's a concept of a modular computer called the "Jonathan" that Esslinger created for Apple (then Apple Computer) around 1984. You can see the text indicating the different modules: "Power Supply", etc. Further reading:

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@richardstowey

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@erroltwt Coming soon. We're dialing in surface finish for the plastic parts now.

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2 months

Read the full report:

Electronic Materials Office® — February '24 report

The latest progress report on Altar I.

electronicmaterialsoffice.com

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@randy__digital Working on it!

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8 months

@fredoiq Its a knob that turns to control volume. Sometimes you'll see it called a "rotary encoder".

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Electronic Materials Office®

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3 months

@matfsc We currently offer an ISO English layout. To be clear we have no official plans for non-english layouts, but we will seriously look at it once the englishe versions of Altar I are shipped.

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Electronic Materials Office®

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8 months

@PetCape No near term plans to sell keycaps seperately.

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3 months

@iamkory 😂

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@upintheozone Thank you! 🖤

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@exclaimLA

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@ser_melipharo @work_louder I guess we're trendsetters 😂

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

1 year

We're waiting on new PCBs from our PCB fabrication facility — then we'll validate fit + finish of the latest fully assembled devices We're starting a firmware revision that fine tunes behaviour of the caps lock light as well as some other minor software changes. (3/3)

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Electronic Materials Office®

@MaterialsOffice

2 years

@darjanhren Another small but important detail is the lack of a cookie banner… because we don’t use any cookies at all.

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@C0NWIC We'll post a proper typing test soon

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