Keyboards offer increasingly innovative technologies, one of them is the possibility of changing the actuation point, making activating the key much faster or making it offer more resistance and cost a little more. These keyboards They use a system called effect Hall to be able to change the distance that separates the switch from the PCB, but now, Ducky wants to change this system with the help of the new switches of Cherrywhich use a system of induction instead of the Hall.
It is increasingly common to see technologies that allow us to modify the peripherals we have in any way, and among all the things that we can find, one of the greatest innovations is found in keyboards, which have gone from being quite simple peripherals to offering great Lots of extremely advanced features. This time, Cherry With Ducky They want to improve a system that we can only find in the keyboards of spectrum highand that allows you to adjust the height of the device’s switches.
Induction switches, an alternative to Hall effect sensors
Lately, because one of the largest computer industry events in the world is taking place, we are seeing a large number of new developments arriving to try to revolutionize each and every one of the peripherals or components that we currently have. Keyboards are obviously no exception, and in addition to having seen all the ones that the big brands have presented, they offer great quality as well as a series of technologies that make them the best on the market, but now, Cherry, in collaboration with Ducky, they have decided to launch a new system that wants to completely change high-end keyboards.
This system is induction switches, which according to Cherry, is an innovation that seeks to reduce the problems presented by the Hall effect, one of them being the use of batteries, since the company that created this type of Switch have indicated that it greatly reduces keyboard consumption. In this way, the Ducky One becomes the first keyboard to incorporate this new system, the MX Multipointwhich incorporates a series of coils on the PCB that detect changes in the electric field when the metal of the switches approaches them.
This keyboard promises many things, including a long battery life
As we have indicated previously, the greatest advantage that this keyboard has is the fact that it seeks to offer a technology that consumes much less energy when using the device, which should greatly increase battery life since it is a wireless peripheral. Although we still do not know what the battery life will be, since they have not specified it, but we can expect it to be greater than the 40 hours of autonomy offered by other keyboards that incorporate Hall effect sensors.
Otherwise it offers everything we can expect from a high-end keyboard, it uses standard OEM keys, the rear surface contains a USB-C port for charging or connecting in wired mode and a switch that allows you to choose between 2.4-GHz modes, Bluetooth or wired. It incorporates the MX Multipoint Cyan switches, which despite being linear switches offer a really good feel.
We can find this keyboard in two variants, both 60% and 100%, on sale in the third quarter and will have a price that will range between 140 and 170 euros.
