Kinesis keyboards would be even more awesome with Cherry blue switches

1 points by hairyharry 14y ago ↗ HN

Kinesis contoured keyboards are great, but the brown switches just aren't as nice to type on as the blues. I happened to have a spare Kinesis so I figured I'd just replace the switches myself !

Kinesis kindly obliged in selling me the replacement logic boards, but for the life of me I can't find ANYONE who wants to sell me the blue switches (part # MX1AE1DW).

Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get about 80 Cherry blue switches ?

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yrb 14y ago ↗

Have you tried digikey? They don't seem to have the exact part number you are seeking. But they do have MX1A-E1NW which is a similar part but without the internal diode. Not sure what impact this will have with the Kinesis keyboard however.

http://search.digikey.com/us/en/cat/switches/pushbutton/1114...

hairyharry 14y ago ↗

Yeah they don't stock the specific switch needed and won't be getting it in.

yrb 14y ago ↗

Interestingly enough, the part number is not listed in the MX series datasheet. What is the PCB layout like, would you be able to splice in SMD diodes where they are needed :)

[1] http://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data%20Sheets/Cherry%20PDFs/MX%...

mark-r 14y ago ↗

I thought this would be a perfect chance to try http://octopart.com/ but no luck there. Sorry.