SILO is a keyboard switch made by Input Club, an open source keyboard organization located in the suburbs of San Jose, California.
This product can customize the actuator. It is said that the input information can be changed by pressing a key. Normally, when you press a key, it will bounce and reflect when it goes down to the floor. This operation is done through the actuator, and the position at which the input is made is called the actuator point. In silo switches, the actuator control and reaction when all keys are pressed, such as the type of clicking sound, are different from those of conventional ones.
Because the actuator points are different, the pressure applied when a key is pressed and the distance the key moves up and down vary. For example, pressing the cherry green switch key down is not long, but you need to apply pressure. On the other hand, in the case of the Kyle Speed Switch, you don’t need to apply this pressure, but the distance you push the keys is small, so you can type relatively quickly.
Of course, this is not the first time a switch has been customized with these actuator points. Products such as Real Force’s RGB keyboard are a prime example. A magnet is used to adjust the actuator position, and the magnet uses the Hall effect, and the sensor voltage can be adjusted according to the degree of proximity to the magnet. To do this, each switch has a magnet.
In this way, the magnetic switch can be given multiple actuator positions. It is said that there are at least 100 actuator points per switch. By programming buttons, you can create macros and customize settings such as entering addresses, copying, and pasting with the press of a key. However, such customization is not something anyone can do quickly and easily, but it takes time to get used to it. It is said that software is still being developed to coordinate these operating points.
This product was raised through crowdfunding site Kickstarter. Related information can be found here .
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