Electronic Materials Office®

Introducing the Electronic Materials Office Altar I — an ultra-low profile, wireless mechanical keyboard forged in premium, sustainable materials

Altar I focuses on one idea: Less, but better. A precision machined aluminium monobody. Slim, tactile, mechanical switches. Typographically balanced. Bluetooth. Quietly understated. And it looks good on a desk

Keycaps — Novel key shape

Wireless — Remember 2 Bluetooth® devices

Layout — Full size arrow keys

Connectivity — USB C

Controls — Rotary encoder

Switches — Kailh low-profile mechanical switches

Ultra thin — With a compact layout

Layout — European and U.S. layouts

Connectivity — Assembled in UK

Metals — Precision machined, recyclable aluminium monobody

Polymer — Consumer waste derived polymer

Height

15mm

Width

305.5mm

Depth

121mm

Weight

635g

Firmware

ZMK

Layouts

European English (ISO-like, 78 key layout)U.S. English (ANSI-like, 77 key layout)

Connectivity

2x Bluetooth® 5.0 Low Energy (BLE) channels1x USB-C OS support Apple macOS 12 (Monterey) and upMicrosoft Windows 10 and up

Switches

Kailh Choc Low Profile v1 — RedLinear feel50±10gf actuation force1.5±0.5mm actuation travel

Typography

Tobias by Displaay Type Foundry GT Flexa by Grilli Type

Materials

6061 aluminium75% post consumer waste PBTNitrile
Battery 500mAh Lithium Polymer

Box contents

Altar I keyboardCoiled USB-C to USB-C cable

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