Keyboard technology
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Modern computer keyboards are input devices designed to support human-machine interaction, where a human user can deliver their commands to a interactive program. The design and making of keyboards is
Keyboard construction of a typical notebook computer keyboard, in four layers
A typical membrane assembly
Atari 400 keyboard
Most keyboards are rigid, but this keyboard is flexible.
Cherry AG
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Cherry AG is a German computer peripheral-device maker. The company has its roots in the United States and is headquartered in Germany. It has additional offices in the United States, France, and Chin
Keyboard technology
…from oxidization. Most designs use a metal leaf, where the movable contact is a leaf spring. A major producer of discrete metal contact switches is Cherry, which has manufactured the Cherry MX family of switches since the 1980s. Cherry's color-coding system of categorizing switches has been imitated by…
A keyboard by Cherry
Production facility in Bayreuth
Cherry MX Blue switches on a keyboard with its keycaps removed
Cherry MX switches—Cherry MX Blue, assembled (left) and Cherry MX Brown, opened (right)