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Transforming the Keyboard: How Magnets Are Changing the Game

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The next big thing in mechanical keyboards is magnetic switches. On a standard mechanical keyboard switch, you physically close an electrical circuit to register a key press. Popularized by Dutch keyboard startup Wooting, these switches rely on the Hall Effect and have actually been around since the 1960s. That’s one thing about board with magnetic switches: they tend to favor proprietary software over open-source solutions like VIA. The switch is a Khailh Sakura Pink magnetic switch with a 50gf bottom-out force.