The History of Cherry MX Keyboard Switches @CherryMX

In In the news, on September 23, 2018 - 19:06, Tags Alpha, Manufacturing, v1

Check out this great post from Adafruit about the history of Cherry MX keyboard switches. For those who don’t know, we love the Cherry MX. In fact, the enable button on the Holoseat controller is a Cherry MX keyboard switch with a custom back-lit key displaying our logo (the LED is orange, of course). Be sure to watch the embedded factory tour video, it is much fun.

Tedium dives into the history of the Cherry switch company and how they went from microswitches to those sweet MX keyboard switches on all of our desktops. Chery received a patent for it’s fi…

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The History of Cherry MX Keyboard Switches @CherryMX

About the author: J. Simmons

J. has worked in open source hardware for the last 6 years. During that time, J. has led the development of Open Design Engine, the Shepard Test Stand, the Ground Sphere Ground Station, and of course Holoseat. Over the course of these projects J. has developed skills in Arduino programming, small scale electronics, agile development processes, and Node.js. These skills are in addition to his academic background of theatre lighting design (BFA), computer science (double major), and space systems engineering (MS, PhD). Yes, J. really is a rocket scientist.

The History of Cherry MX Keyboard Switches @CherryMX

In In the news, on September 23, 2018 - 19:06, Tags Alpha, Manufacturing, v1

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