Editing Alps SKBM White

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{{infobox dswitch
| image name        = Alps white clicky 001.jpg
| manufacturer      = [[Forward Electronics]]
| product code      = SKBMFA
| family            = [[Alps SKBL/SKBM series]]
| contact mechanism = [[Contact mechanism#Metal leaf|Metal leaf]]
| switch type       = Clicky
| switch mount      = [[Switch mount#Plate mount|Plate mount]]
| keycap mount      = [[Keycap mount#Alps mount|Alps mount]]
| discontinued      = 2012
| actuation force   = 70±25 gf
| supersedes        = [[Alps SKCM White]]
}}

'''Alps SKBM White''', '''simplified white Alps''', '''Fukka white Alps''', or '''Fuhua white Alps''', is a clicky switch in the [[Alps SKBL/SKBM series]]. The redesigned [[mould numbering]] differentiates it from the complicated [[Alps SKCM White]] switch.

==Description==
The data sheet claims 70±25 gf actuating force, but this has been measured by enthusiasts to be an average of 65 g.{{citation needed}}

==Criticism==
It has a reputation for being loud.

The springs in the keyboard could reverberate and cause noise when any key is pressed to the bottom hard enough. That sound has been called "[[ping]]" or "the chorus of springs".

==Keyboards==
* [[Alps MGM-106]]
* Some [[Datacomp DFK191 | Datacomp DFK-191]] & [[Datacomp DFK192 | DFK-192]]
* Some [[Datacomp DFK2020 | Datacomp DFK-2020]]
* Later [[Filco Zero]]
* [[Forward Electronics FDA-102D]] (found with 1995 IC date)
* Early [[Matias Tactile Pro]] (branded)
* Most [[Matias Tactile Pro 3]] (unbranded)
* Most [[Matias Tactile One]] (unconfirmed)
* [[Ortek MCK-84SX]]
* [[Unikey KB-7001]]
* Some [[Unitek K-258]]

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:Fukka white ALPS switch.jpg                   | SKBM White switch in a Tactile Pro 3
File:Fukka switches in the Tactile Pro 3.jpg       | SKBM White switches alongside a green [[Xiang Min KSB-LE]] in the Tactile Pro 3
File:Alps SKCM White vs SKBM White.jpg             | [[Alps SKCM White]] (top) compared with SKBM White (bottom)
File:Alps.tw Type BB1 -- Alps white simplified.jpg | SKBM White disassembled
File:Fuhua Alps opened close-up.jpg                | Close-up of the simplified contact mechanism
File:Fuhua Alps upper shell from below.jpg         | Upper shell as seen from below
</gallery>

==Specifications==
*[[:File:Forward Electronics -- spec -- SKBMFA.pdf|SKBMFA, 2010-07-16]] (clicky with white slider)

==See also==
*[[Matias click]] — an Alps clone switch based on the SKBM White

[[Category:Alps SKBL/SKBM series]]
[[Category:Keyboard switches with Alps mount]]
[[Category:Metal contact switches]]
[[Category:Clicky switches]]
[[Category:List of all keyboard switches]]