Editing SMK second generation (section)

==Variants==
===Internals===
SMK second generation switches are available in both clicky and tactile variants. These are differentiated by two changes in the internals:

#Clicky switches have a right-angled edge on the base of the slider where it engages the [[click leaf]]; tactile switches have this edge chamfered off
#The tactile leaf in tactile switches has more prominent engagement hooks — swapping in a click leaf still generates a click sound, as the more angled hooks are required in combination with the chamfered slider to keep the leaf spring from clicking

Tactile leaf springs are painted black, and the side wings have sweeping lead-ins; click leaves are bare steel with sharp angles.

The following photos are from Alps mount switches:

<gallery widths="250" heights="187">
File:SMK second generation -- tactile and click sliders and leaves.jpg | Tactile (left) and click (right) sliders and leaves
File:SMK second generation -- click and tactile leaves, front.jpg      | Click and tactile leaves
File:SMK second generation -- tactile and click leaves, side.jpg       | Tactile and click leaves
File:SMK second generation -- tactile and click leaves, rear.jpg       | Tactile and click leaves
</gallery>

===Mount===
The internals were used together with three different keycap mounts, yielding the following sub-families:

*[[SMK inverse cross mount]], SMK branded
*[[SMK Cherry MX mount]], SMK branded
*[[SMK Alps mount]], unbranded, and lacking the PCB fixing pins

Together with different slider shapes, the upper shells differ significantly between sub-families, while still following a common pattern:

<gallery widths="200">
File:Switch recognition--SMK--inverse cross.svg            | Inverse cross mount variant
File:Switch recognition--SMK--U mount.svg                  | [[keycap mount#Cherry MX mount|Cherry MX mount]] variant
File:Switch recognition--Monterey.svg                      | "Monterey" clicky [[keycap mount#Alps mount|Alps mount]] variant
File:Switch recognition--Monterey white.svg                | Tactile Alps mount variant
</gallery>