Editing Alps integrated dome (section)

==Variants==
Alps integrated dome appears to be not a series, but a collection of similar series, across which there is a surprising variety of shapes and sizes.

{| class="wikitable variants-table"
! !!Series!!Moniker!!Keycap mount!!Switch mount
|-
|[[File:Alps integrated membrane white side.jpg|175px]]|| ||White cross mount||Cruciform||Plate
|-
|[[File:Alps Integrated membrane - black slider.JPG|175px]]|| ||Black cross mount||Cruciform||Plate
|-
|[[File:Alps integrated dome -- Alps mount -- branding.jpg|175px]]||SKEU||Alps mount (round slider)||Alps mount||PCB
|-
|[[File:No photograph.svg|175px]]||SKEU||Alps mount (central peg)||Alps mount||PCB
|-
|[[File:Alps integrated dome -- Alps mount square -- detail.jpg|175px]]||SKEW||Alps mount (square slider, white)||Alps mount||Plate
|-
|[[File:Alps integrated dome Alps plate blue -- recognition.jpg|175px]]||SKEW||Alps mount (square slider, blue)||Alps mount||Plate
|-
|[[File:Alps-skew-grey.png|175px]]||SKEW(?)||Alps mount (square slider, grey)||Alps mount||Plate
|-
|[[File:Alps integrated dome one-piece -- variants table.jpg|175px]]||SKPA||One-piece (white or black slider)||Alps mount||Plate
|}

===White cross mount===
Plate-mounted. The slider has a cross 4.5 mm across, with arms 1.2 mm wide. The side arms have a small bump on them that increases the effective width to 5 mm, and keycaps have a cross 5 mm wide and 4.5 mm long accordingly. Travel is 3 mm. Reported to be older than the black-slider version. Unlike other variants, the shell of the white slider variant is held closed by melted plastic lugs; these have to be drilled out in order to open the switch, after which point it will not remain reassembled.<ref name="TR808" /> The [[Futaba clicky switch]] is also sealed in this manner.

<gallery widths="250" heights="187">
File:Alps integrated membrane white side.jpg|Top and side
File:Alps integrated membrane white lower.jpg|Top and base, with Alps logo
File:Alps integrated membrane white disassembled.jpg|Disassembled; the remains of the sealing lugs are visible on the left
</gallery>

===Black cross mount===
Plate-mounted. There is a helical spring above the dome; this variety is [[spring over dome]]. The shell design is completely different, with inverted retention tabs attached to the upper half instead of the bottom. This variant is described as "extremely linear and buttery smooth".<ref>Reddit — [https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/4drthp/keyboard_science_i_managed_to_fit_an_mx_switch/ {{sq|keyboard science}} I managed to fit an MX switch into an Alps Integrated Dome plate]</ref> Most rubber domes are shaped in a way that will produce a tactile bump when pressed. The rubber dome in this switch, however, is shaped in a way that it falls without a tactile bump, and simply collapses in a linear manner. This is what gives the switch its linear key-feel.

<gallery widths="250" heights="187">
File:Alps integrated membrane black.jpg|Top
File:Alps integrated membrane black base.jpg|Base, with Alps logo
File:Alps integrated membrane black internals.jpg|Disassembled
File:Alps integrated membrane black dome base.jpg|Base of the dome with the conductive pad
</gallery>

<gallery widths="250" heights="187">
File:Alps int dome - top 1.jpg|Top
File:Alps int dome - side 2 - 1.jpg|Side 2
File:Alps int dome - side 1.jpg|Side
File:Alps int dome - base 1.jpg|Base shell
File:Alps int dome - bottom 1.jpg|Bottom of shell
File:Alps int dome - partial dis 1.jpg|Without top shell
File:Alps int dome - dis 1.jpg|Internals
File:Alps int dome - bottom slider 1.jpg|Bottom of slider
File:Alps int dome - dome 1.jpg|Rubber dome
File:Alps int dome - spring 1.jpg|Spring + dome
File:Alps int dome - dome shape 1.jpg|Shape of rubber dome
File:Alps int dome - top shell 1.jpg|Top shell
</gallery>

===Alps mount (round slider)===
PCB mounted. The Alps mount variant has the four legs at the base of the slider the same as the black cross mount version, but no helical spring. The upper shell has the inverted retention tabs, but no support for plate mounting, and a tiny Alps logo is present on the top; no Alps logo is found on the bottom.<ref name="rzw" /> The blue slider is cylindrical all the way to the top, with a slot for standard Alps keycaps. The four legs appear to be the same spacing as the other variants, but this is not confirmed.

The four legs of the switch form the corners of a rectangle 13 mm by 5 mm.

The example depicted below is highly tactile and with a faint but distinct metallic sound. This cannot be taken as a certain characteristic, because the feel of rubber domes varies depending on condition of the domes.

<gallery widths="250" heights="187">
File:Zenith Supersport SX -- diodes.jpg|Alps integrated dome switches
File:Zenith Supersport SX -- Alps integrated dome switches.jpg|Alps integrated dome switches
File:Alps integrated dome -- Alps mount -- branding.jpg|Alps branding
File:Alps integrated dome -- Alps mount -- shell partially open.jpg|Shell partially opened
File:Alps integrated dome -- Alps mount -- upper shell removed.jpg|Upper shell removed
File:Alps integrated dome -- Alps mount -- slider removed.jpg|Slider removed
File:Alps integrated dome -- Alps mount -- dome removed.jpg|Dome removed
File:Alps integrated dome -- Alps mount -- components.jpg|Switch components
File:Alps integrated dome -- Alps mount -- dome.jpg|Conductive rubber dome
File:Alps integrated dome -- Alps mount -- dome, inside out.jpg|Rubber dome turned inside out to help illustrate the conductive pad
File:Alps integrated dome -- Alps mount -- Alps compatibility.jpg|The sliders are Alps mount (shown here with Matias keycaps)
</gallery>

===Alps mount (central peg)===
This variant appears to be identical to the blue slider version, with the exception of having a central peg in the slider slot as with [[Alps SKFL]].<ref name="NB-central-peg" /> Keyboards with these switches often use SKFL for one or more keys, such as where an LED is needed, which may account for the matching keycap mount.

===Alps mount (square slider)===
Similar to the round-slider variant, but with a square slider. These should not be confused with [[Alps semi-integrated dome]], which have a similar slider but are not discrete switches. These are confirmed to be plate mount, and are identified as SKEW series by a keyboard identifier in a Canon typewriter keyboard.<ref name="S-14" />

<gallery widths="250" heights="187">
File:Alps integrated dome -- Alps mount square -- detail.jpg
File:Alps integrated dome -- Alps mount square -- dome and contacts.jpg
File:Alps integrated dome -- Alps mount square -- disassembled.jpg
</gallery>

===Alps mount (square slider blue)===
Similar to the square slider variant, but this variant is clearly plate mounted. The slider is sky blue. The source keyboard is not known. These appear to be outwardly identical to the white version above, except for the slider color; these are therefore likely to also be SKEW series.

<gallery widths="250" heights="187">
File:10pcs-lot-alp-Keypads-Keyboards-switch-sky-blue.jpg
</gallery>

===One piece===
These do not have a separate lid. The entire shell is a single part, into which the slider is snapped. Removal of the slider without destroying the switch appears to be quite difficult. 

The slider can be white or black.

<gallery widths="250" heights="187">
File:IMG 8317.jpg
File:Alps integrated dome one-piece -- variants table.jpg
</gallery>