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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: wolfv on Sun, 14 September 2014, 15:22:17

Title: keyboard nomenclature question
Post by: wolfv on Sun, 14 September 2014, 15:22:17

The end user sees a matrix of printed key caps on a keyboard and calls it a "keyboard layout".
The processor scans a matrix of electrically connected switches.
The key-cap matrix and electric matrix can be different.
Is there a word like "keyboard layout" that applies to the electric matrix of the keyboard?

I am writing a keyboard software and want to use meaningful variable names.
Thank you.

Title: Re: keyboard nomenclature question
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 14 September 2014, 17:19:00

I've heard it referred to as a "switch matrix".

Title: Re: keyboard nomenclature question
Post by: wolfv on Sun, 14 September 2014, 19:03:21

Thanks rowdy.

I just found Deskthority calls it "keyboard matrix" http://deskthority.net/wiki/Keyboard_matrix
I like "switch matrix" :thumb:.