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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Zackarak on Tue, 04 September 2012, 05:43:17

Title: New Filco TKL - 2 Switches upside down. Is it normal? (pic included)
Post by: Zackarak on Tue, 04 September 2012, 05:43:17

Hi,

Got a Filco TKL and noticed 2 switches are upside down. The board itself works. Just curious if it's intended? Keyboardco told me it's reversed on some cause the solder pins are offset. It's only the switches for left win and alt key.
(http://img1.uploadscreenshot.com/images/orig/9/24621213031-orig.jpg)

Title: Re: New Filco TKL - 2 Switches upside down. Is it normal? (pic included)
Post by: Icarium on Tue, 04 September 2012, 06:01:23

You can get more contact points in the same space this way, potentially allowing the same PCB to be used with different layouts hence making it cheaper.

Title: Re: New Filco TKL - 2 Switches upside down. Is it normal? (pic included)
Post by: xJaPx on Tue, 04 September 2012, 07:16:31

i cant see the pic at work, but its normal for mj-2's to have the bottom left mod switches upside down

Title: Re: New Filco TKL - 2 Switches upside down. Is it normal? (pic included)
Post by: stingrae on Tue, 04 September 2012, 07:22:50

Yup seems to be normal even my quick fire rapid has the exact same switch orientation

Title: Re: New Filco TKL - 2 Switches upside down. Is it normal? (pic included)
Post by: RiGS on Tue, 04 September 2012, 08:04:59

It is normal, and intended design implementation.

Title: Re: New Filco TKL - 2 Switches upside down. Is it normal? (pic included)
Post by: Zackarak on Tue, 04 September 2012, 10:00:22

Thanks for the quick answers :)

Title: Re: New Filco TKL - 2 Switches upside down. Is it normal? (pic included)
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 04 September 2012, 10:06:06

It reminds me of that movie, "the omen" w/ the 666 hidden on the devil child's head.

Except this is the keyboard version of it with reversed switches.

Now I'm picturing someone typing on a keyboard backwards. Wow. That's actually kinda cool. Hmmm...

Title: Re: New Filco TKL - 2 Switches upside down. Is it normal? (pic included)
Post by: Zackarak on Tue, 04 September 2012, 12:38:51

would probably take a long time (for me) to learn touch typing backwards