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Yeah, magnetic levitation is the exact opposite of magnetic separation. Magnetic levitation switches are basically just linear switches that get harder to pres

Yeah, magnetic levitation is the exact opposite of magnetic separation. Magnetic levitation switches are basically just linear switches that get harder to press the farther down they get. Magnetic separation switches are the opposite: The force is strongest at the start but then gets weaker the farther down the key travel you go. Here's a force curve that I've measured for my 3D printable magnetic separation switch: https://imgur.com/qHrgo4s https://imgur.com/qHrgo4s

mkl 6y ago
Why does the force go up at the end? Is that hitting a pad or something?
- riskable 6y ago
  Yeah it's just the end of the road, as it were. At the end the keycap, stem, and switch body start to compress so there's some give before the super fun explosion.