September 20th, 2019 at 12:18 AM
Anyone have any experience with mech switches?
I want to upgrade my little macro keypad to something actually presentable instead of the pushbuttons I'm using right now. To do that, I'm considering two options:
The Adafruit Trellis (just the silicon 4x4 grid and maybe a case unless I can finesse something off my university's printer, not paying 30-60$ a kit)
Or a bunch of cheap mechanical keyboard switches or official CherryMX breakouts & switches.
Of course, it's going to involve lots of soldering.
The trellis might be a prettier option and I can probably figure it out much easier than mech switch datasheets, but was wondering if you guys have had any experience with either for the sake of actually building something.
I want to upgrade my little macro keypad to something actually presentable instead of the pushbuttons I'm using right now. To do that, I'm considering two options:
The Adafruit Trellis (just the silicon 4x4 grid and maybe a case unless I can finesse something off my university's printer, not paying 30-60$ a kit)
Or a bunch of cheap mechanical keyboard switches or official CherryMX breakouts & switches.
Of course, it's going to involve lots of soldering.
The trellis might be a prettier option and I can probably figure it out much easier than mech switch datasheets, but was wondering if you guys have had any experience with either for the sake of actually building something.
