MX switch
The MX switch (short for Mechanical X-Point) is a range of mechanical keyboard switches made by Cherry, starting with the MX Black switch in the 1980s.
Specifically, the MX Black switch was a regular linear switch; the MX Blue switch added an audible click; and the MX Brown switch added a tactile feel similar to the Blue's, without being as loud.
After Cherry's MX switch patent expired, companies like Gateron and Kailh cloned them, turning them into a de facto standard used by hot swappable mechanical keyboards.
Clones
Downloads
Documentation
Patents
- "Low profile switch" Gunter Murmann, Günter Bauer, US Patents, 1983
De facto standards: ADAT | A Style | Boolean colour palette | MX switch | SysEx file | ZX Spectrum
Switches: MX switch
