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Re:Show HN: Glove80 on Kickstarter-500 iterations to make sp... by dbrgn on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:56AM (#30083615)
I agree about hot-swap, but I'm not sure if hot-swap exists on the market for low-profile switches.

A non-low-profile keyboard would need to be designed differently, to avoid the keys colliding (due to the curving). It's probably not feasible as an option, that would be an entirely new design.

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Re:Show HN: Glove80 on Kickstarter-500 iterations to make sp... by dbrgn on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:58AM (#30083627)
Ah, from Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/scj65b/g...):

> Unfortunately Hot-swap sockets are not really compatible with curved FR4 PCBs, without extensive hand soldering.

That makes sense.

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