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KS27 KS33 Hotswap footprint hole too big.

Open Finnitio opened this issue 1 year ago • 2 comments

I just received pcbs and the hole diameter is too big with 5.25 mm. The switches are completely lose and only stay loose in place due to the hotswaps.

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Finnitio avatar Jan 27 '25 09:01 Finnitio

Thanks for reporting this! Only got to check it out now...

The footprints are following Gaterons recommended landing pattern, which is quite confusing. I wonder how wide I should make the hole.

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Kailh Choc have a 3.2mm center pole and the recommended footprint states 3.4mm, so 0.2mm "clearance" just like Gateron did here. That seems to work fine on Kailh. I wonder why it does not on Gateron.

Did you measure the actual hole with calipers to make sure the factory did not make a mistake and used the wrong drill bit?

ebastler avatar Feb 16 '25 12:02 ebastler

I did not measure them, but considering the other drawing it is obvios that there is some play in the contact pair.

Finnitio avatar Feb 18 '25 08:02 Finnitio