CHERRY MX RGB switches

[kmiller8]

Wouldn't you need to harvest the PCB for leds?

lel, harvest SMD LEDs

[Melvang]

i can't wait a year

Buy a Corsair board and harvest the switches.

Wouldn't you need to harvest the PCB for leds?

I would tend to think that they are a somewhat standard sized LED just surface mount.  What I was thinking for the Handwired matrix crowd was to come up with a small pcb that would be for one switch.  Have the SMD RGB LED pre soldered to the PCB and have it sized between .500x.500 and .550x.550 with holes for the switches and wires/diodes between switches.  Viola, RGB MX switches with clear covers for custom layouts.  Just need to buy one of these boards to harvest the clear housings from.

[C5Allroad]

Ducky needs this now....
I would love it if corsair didn't get rights to them for a year.
Cherry would make a whole lot more money.

[CorsairJames]

Ducky needs this now....
I would love it if corsair didn't get rights to them for a year.
Cherry would make a whole lot more money.

Actually Hunter, Cherry didn't choose us for monetary reasons. That was not what they were interested.

[mrmillsy]

From what little I understand, the switches - while cool - would lose a lot of their function without the stellar microcontroller .. ?

[Oobly]

Some more nice pics of the switch itself here: http://muropaketti.com/cherry-julkaisi-mx-kytkimet-rgb-monivarivalaistuksella

And here: http://www.legitreviews.com/cherry-mx-rgb-mechanical-keyboard-switches-coming-2014_130085

[00zeRO]

Just give me a White LED Ducky and a pack of DayDream LED covers...or better yet, someone create better LED covers that allow more light through...

[tgujay]

From what little I understand, the switches - while cool - would lose a lot of their function without the stellar microcontroller .. ?

Wat.

[SpAmRaY]

From what little I understand, the switches - while cool - would lose a lot of their function without the stellar microcontroller .. ?

Wat.

I believe what he is saying is you can't just put these switches on any board and get a fancy light show.

[tgujay]

From what little I understand, the switches - while cool - would lose a lot of their function without the stellar microcontroller .. ?

Wat.

I believe what he is saying is you can't just put these switches on any board and get a fancy light show.

Ah, yes I got that after I posted.  If they still had the regular LED slot but were just clear I think they would be pretty cool, especially with some clear caps.  The MX RGB may be the only time I will buy something Corsair.

[mrmillsy]

Yeah.  Sorry it wasn't more clear.  I seem to recall one of the videos mentioning that the SonyPANASONIC PCB/MC/[lingo] used in the board is more commonly used for controlling stadium displays / LED billboards.

Though I understand the reaction to the switches on their own; I think an integrated RBG LED in clear casing is just plain awesome.

[editted to apologise to panasonic]

[tgujay]

Yeah.  Sorry it wasn't more clear.  I seem to recall one of the videos mentioning that the Sony PCB/MC/[lingo] used in the board is more commonly used for controlling stadium displays / LED billboards.

Though I understand the reaction to the switches on their own; I think an integrated RBG LED in clear casing is just plain awesome.

It was my understanding that the LED's were not a part of the switch but a part of the PCB?

[Coreda]

IN MAH VEI - "Exclusively for Corsair"

[SpAmRaY]

IN MAH VEI - "Exclusively for Corsair"

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I think that only lasts a year.

[mrmillsy]

Yeah.  Sorry it wasn't more clear.  I seem to recall one of the videos mentioning that the Sony PCB/MC/[lingo] used in the board is more commonly used for controlling stadium displays / LED billboards.

Though I understand the reaction to the switches on their own; I think an integrated RBG LED in clear casing is just plain awesome.

It was my understanding that the LED's were not a part of the switch but a part of the PCB?

Oh I see.  What is special about the switches then?  I'm missing something here!  Just the clear casing?  That's pretty cool on its own, mind ...

[tgujay]

Yeah.  Sorry it wasn't more clear.  I seem to recall one of the videos mentioning that the Sony PCB/MC/[lingo] used in the board is more commonly used for controlling stadium displays / LED billboards.

Though I understand the reaction to the switches on their own; I think an integrated RBG LED in clear casing is just plain awesome.

It was my understanding that the LED's were not a part of the switch but a part of the PCB?

Oh I see.  What is special about the switches then?  I'm missing something here!  Just the clear casing?  That's pretty cool on its own, mind ...

Clear casing to shine the light from surface mount RGB LED's.

[CorsairJames]

Yeah.  Sorry it wasn't more clear.  I seem to recall one of the videos mentioning that the Sony PCB/MC/[lingo] used in the board is more commonly used for controlling stadium displays / LED billboards.

Though I understand the reaction to the switches on their own; I think an integrated RBG LED in clear casing is just plain awesome.

It was my understanding that the LED's were not a part of the switch but a part of the PCB?

We will get into more detail as time comes along but the LED design for the switches will be different from what is available now with (to prevent issues like ESD which are the primary reason why LED dies prematurely). We are also using a Panasonic controller to do a lot of the cool things you saw on the preview videos.

[tbc]

a couple of youtube tech guys took a look at the board and said that the firmware should be flashable/customizable by the end user.

is this something that will void warranty?

if not, is it something that corsair will enthusiastically support?  enthusiastically meaning that there will be an official 'store' to download user-made, corsair-made custom lighting firmwares

[CorsairJames]

a couple of youtube tech guys took a look at the board and said that the firmware should be flashable/customizable by the end user.

is this something that will void warranty?

if not, is it something that corsair will enthusiastically support?  enthusiastically meaning that there will be an official 'store' to download user-made, corsair-made custom lighting firmwares

We plan on making the software controls for the LED lighting to be open to the end user so they can design and implement their own lighting profiles. We want to make it as open as possible so people can use the lighting however they want, whether it be to match specific layouts for certain games or hotkey designation for different types of applications. 

[James35]

I'd like to see the Pansonic software accept a batch file (or similar method) that could change the color profile to the keyboard right before the game/program is launched.  That way, the correct letters/numbers for that game/program could be lit up and leave the rest off or dimmer. The arcade community has been doing this for a while.

[Melvang]

Here is an idea that I think would be cool.  If the ability to select different colors for every switch is possible, include an option to setup a gradient from corners, rows, center weighted, etc. 

[James35]

I don't understand why Corsair's Function keys are so close the the number keys.  One of the things I enjoy is reaching down without looking and knowing what keys I'm touching.

[Jaky]

One does not simply spend more for less (colour strips). In the case that you don't 'need' another keyboard lying around.

[Razor Lotus]

Yeah.  Sorry it wasn't more clear.  I seem to recall one of the videos mentioning that the Sony PCB/MC/[lingo] used in the board is more commonly used for controlling stadium displays / LED billboards.

Though I understand the reaction to the switches on their own; I think an integrated RBG LED in clear casing is just plain awesome.

It was my understanding that the LED's were not a part of the switch but a part of the PCB?

yup.. somewhat. SMD LEDs. Basically the LEDs are not mounted to the switch but below them and the clear casing lets the light through the switch.

I'm using a KBT pure now and I have some pcb LEDs like that for the Fn + space, Fn + A, and Fn + Q layers while the caps lock and Fn + Z layer has an LED mounted to the switch.

I'm not sure if this is generally the case, but for my stock KBT pure, the pcb LEDs are whiter

[OnTheBrink]

a couple of youtube tech guys took a look at the board and said that the firmware should be flashable/customizable by the end user.

is this something that will void warranty?

if not, is it something that corsair will enthusiastically support?  enthusiastically meaning that there will be an official 'store' to download user-made, corsair-made custom lighting firmwares

We plan on making the software controls for the LED lighting to be open to the end user so they can design and implement their own lighting profiles. We want to make it as open as possible so people can use the lighting however they want, whether it be to match specific layouts for certain games or hotkey designation for different types of applications. 

Are there any plans to release a TKL version?

I don't know why most companies assume gamers want extra keys macro buttons. Give me my mouse closer to my center any day.

[CaptLock]

Looks like they are now coming out.  Dude at Reddit has one.

http://www.reddit.com/tb/2esugi