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Eri_Kasamoto
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Oct 14, 2018
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john.yu
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Oct 14, 2018
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Eri_KasamotoOur PCBs do not support PCB-mount switches (with the extra pins). There are few engineering trade-offs that happen when those extra holes are added. Our recommended solution is to either use plate-mount switches, or clip the plastic guide pins off the PCB-mount switches.
Urano_Metria
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Oct 21, 2018
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Eri_KasamotoNo one would buy this if it was $300, and they have to cut costs somewhere with this being a Massrop mass-produced product and all. Omitting these holes is a relative non-issue either way since making PCB mount switches compatible is ludicrously trivial. Just clip off the PCB mount guide pins and you're good to go. It's not like you're going to be using delusional $6 meme switches like Holy Pandas either, so clipping the guide pins off shouldn't be a problem.
Jmg123
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Oct 27, 2018
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john.yuJudging by this , you didn’t actually get an engineer to design the pcb in the first place.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/9rm46s/massdrop_alt_pcb/
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I am asking this as the Massdrop Ctrl Keyboard has the same capabilities (Kaihua Hot-swap Switch Sockets), and that keyboard does not seem to support switches with PCB mount guide-pins. Following is a picture from Dave-2D's video review showing that it does not have the necessary holes for those kind of switches.