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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: tototoru on Fri, 20 January 2017, 19:31:06

Title: Swappable switch mount
Post by: tototoru on Fri, 20 January 2017, 19:31:06

Hi,

I came across the Team Wolf ZhuQue keyboard (probably have other names), it has an interesting feature which is a mount for switches, so you can plug and unplug switches easily.

(http://i.imgur.com/tqoSKEG.png)

I was wondering if this mount is available somewhere.

Title: Re: Swappable switch mount
Post by: Entropia on Sat, 21 January 2017, 10:35:05

I've heard Tesoro is introducing a new keyboard at CES 2017 which has a sort of optical MX clones switches that are not soldered to the board and can be hot swapped easily.

(http://media.bestofmicro.com/0/Z/588419/original/tesoro-gram-spectrum-optical-computex-4.jpg)

Title: Re: Swappable switch mount
Post by: tototoru on Sat, 21 January 2017, 11:06:23

Quote from: Entropia on Sat, 21 January 2017, 10:35:05

I've heard Tesoro is introducing a new keyboard at CES 2017 which has a sort of optical MX clones switches that are not soldered to the board and can be hot swapped easily.

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(http://media.bestofmicro.com/0/Z/588419/original/tesoro-gram-spectrum-optical-computex-4.jpg)

A solution that can work for any standard switch will be better, these parts look very cheap and are very likely available in China.