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I wonder if this will make it into a modern mechanical keyboard.

• bjoli 6y ago
  Hall effect switches are coming. Some manufacturers have already started. The cool part is that you can set the actuation point in software on them.
  • DavidVoid 6y ago
    Hall effect switches have existed in keyboards for a long time [1]. I don't think there are many of them being produced nowadays though, but there's at least one new Chinese Hall effect keyboard that came out a few years ago [2]. Wooting also has a Hall effect switch [3]. You can't buy any keyboards with it yet but you can pre-order one at least [4]. [1] https://deskthority.net/wiki/Keystroke_sensing#Hall_effect https://deskthority.net/wiki/Keystroke_sensing#Hall_effect [2] https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=84525.0 https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=84525.0 [3] https://blog.wooting.nl/introducing-the-lekker-switch/ https://blog.wooting.nl/introducing-the-lekker-switch/ [4] https://wooting.io/wooting_two_lekker_pre_order https://wooting.io/wooting_two_lekker_pre_order
    • bjoli 6y ago
      Oh yes, I should have written "coming back". I have one from the 70s in my posession somewhere. I am more a clicky kind of guy (or at least proper tactile, not mx brown mush), but for linear switches I would love to be able to set the actuation point!