Cherry Mx Plate Mounted Vs Pcb Mount

Plate provides a more robust keyboard but increases production costs.

Cherry mx plate mounted vs pcb mount. Switch does not have additional guide pins as the plate secures and aligns the switches. I only have cherry 2 pcb mount stabilizers and didn t realize there was a difference. Pcb mount stabilizers are push in type. Perfect for tkl and 60 builds.

Isopropyl to loosen the glue before pulling the switch free. Switch is mounted to a metal plate with the pcb under the plate. Is there a way to convert cherry pcb mount stabilizers to plate mount stabilizers. If you re pcb has holes for them they can be used whether you use a plate or not.

Plate mounted and printed circuit board pcb mounted. If your pcb doesn t they can be clipped but then you should use a plate. Pcb mount cherry mx. Switch does not have additional guide pins as the plate secures and aligns the switches.

Switch has additional guide pins to help align switch on pcb. Plastic switch plates are asociated with budget diy builds and are normally thicker to make up for the lack of strength. A plate mounted cherry mx. Here s what it looks like.

We ll use cherry mx keyboards for illustration in this article but the concepts apply to all mechanical keyboards with individually mounted switches e g alps keyboards. Switch is mounted directly to pcb. Each stabilizer set comes with the following sized stabilizers. Original cherry plate mount gold plated stabilizers.

Plate mounted and printed circuit board pcb mounted. Here is a video to show that it is possible to open up a cherry mechanical keyboard switch with a specially designed mounting plate. 4x 2u left shift right shift enter backspace 1x 6 25u spacebar or 1x 7u spacebar please note. Most custom diy keyboard kit.

Like u clee290 said the pcb mount switches have two additional plastic legs. Most builders solve this issue by hot glueing the switches in place which means removing switches requires the use of a high proof alcohol ex. In a pcb mounted mechanical keyboard the switches are soldered directly to the circuit board pcb with nothing in between. Plate mounted switch is mounted to a metal plate with the pcb under the plate.

Cherry mx switches are mounted to the keyboard via two popular methods. Pcb mounted switch is mounted directly to pcb. For now it s working without stabilizers but if there is a way to convert them i could install them. Cherry mx switches are mounted to the keyboard via two popular methods.

Because of the extra thickness the switches don t click into place.