KBK update for Sunday, 17th October

American-made Cherry solid state capacitive keyboards should be fairly well-known by now. The original design from the late 1979s was replaced in the early 80s by a DIN-compliant redesign.

Hirose patents for Japanese-made foam pad capacitive keyboards have been known for some time, but such a keyboard has never been seen until now. A FRICS model NDC-502 keyboard showed up on Deskthority, and UncleFan tracked it down and purchased it. This keyboard, a CB25 type, is fairly similar to the US designs. Unlike the US designs, which are all linear, CB25-1632A uses tactile switches for most keys, using buckling rubber sleeves of a design almost identical to that of Key Tronic. The LED keys do use a coil spring however.

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