Editing Printed circuit board (section)

==Switch mount==
In mechanical keyboards, the individual switches are all soldered onto a printed circuit board. Some switches are supported by the PCB alone, but better keyboards will include a sheet steel plate to support the switches. The exact method by which the switches are held in place is referred to as the [[switch mount]].

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File:MagitronicK156PCBleftangled.jpg                     | PCB-mounted [[Cherry MX Blue]] switches
File:MagitronicK156PCBright.jpg                          | PCB-mounted [[Cherry MX Blue]] switches
File:NTC 6153EN keyboard controller.jpg                  | Plate-mounted [[Simplified Alps Type IV switch]]es
File:Acer_switches_from_below.jpg                        | [[Contact mechanism#Membrane|Membrane]] keyboards only require a small PCB, to support the [[keyboard controller]] and connect to the membrane
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