{"id":572,"date":"2018-09-23T19:06:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T00:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modelb.biz\/?p=572"},"modified":"2018-09-23T19:06:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T00:06:46","slug":"the-history-of-cherry-mx-keyboard-switches-cherrymx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modelb.biz\/the-history-of-cherry-mx-keyboard-switches-cherrymx\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Cherry MX Keyboard Switches @CherryMX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-447 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modelb.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/v1-holoseat-controller-housing-e1529357907496-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modelb.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/v1-holoseat-controller-housing-e1529357907496-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.modelb.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/v1-holoseat-controller-housing-e1529357907496-410x410.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.modelb.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/v1-holoseat-controller-housing-e1529357907496-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Check out this great post from Adafruit about the history of Cherry MX keyboard switches.\u00a0 For those who don&#8217;t know, we love the Cherry MX.\u00a0 \u00a0In 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).\u00a0 Be sure to watch the embedded factory tour video, it is much fun.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cherry MX Factory Tour - Linus &amp; Luke do Auerbach, Germany\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pu1gP4PfqCQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>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. 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