Analog wooting keyboard with induction technology and hall effect

Were you already saturated with the huge number of keyboards we have today? Well, hold on a little longer because we have to show you the analog keyboard, a device that has gone unnoticed.

Wooting and the analog keyboard

Wooting analog keyboard switch

The Wooting brand is a small Dutch company formed just 5 years ago. They are not a technology giant, or anything like that, but they are a group of friends who decided to embark on the world of peripherals without further ado. With a brilliant idea and after two kickstarter campaigns, they produced analog keyboards designed for gamers, the Wooting One and Two.

If you do not know what an analog keyboard is, we could define them as keyboards with various states apart from active and inactive. On a common keyboard, you either press a button, or you don't press it, instead, with a joystick you can move it a little, quite a bit or totally. Each position gives us a different result and the Wooting team has assembled a keyboard capable of replicating these little commands.

Functioning of induction and Hall effect technology

The interesting point is the participation of this small company in Computex 2019, where it lent part of its switch prototypes to the TechPowertUp portal. The new switches were presented at the fair and bring a new detection system based on induction and the Hall effect. This effect has been used for several years, but has never been too popular. We have recently seen it in the new SteelSeries Apex Pro, but it seems that now they will no longer be the only ones who play in this league.

Technology behind the switch

The switches have been dubbed Lekker, which in German comes to mean something like 'impressive'. They will be made by Huano , a company that has historically made mouse switches, but has recently expanded its range of products.

Lekker switch

Wooting brand switches detect how much a key is pressed by induction and processes the information accordingly. This is achieved thanks to a Hall effect sensor installed directly on the keyboard board. The sensor will be based on the Taiwanese model of Major Power (nPower), which has plenty of experience in between.

The only switch model is linear, for the moment, and will feature a turquoise color as a base. The switch will have side walls to increase its durability and resistance to dust and water. In addition, it will be compatible with Cherry MX key molds , so we can interchange different models.

Wok Analog Keyboard Lekker Switch Parts

Life expectancy will be around 100 million keystrokes, a very respectable number for the current standard. Of course, it must be emphasized that they are theoretical estimates, although by pure design, they should be stronger and longer-lasting than traditional switches. The force required to fully press the key will be 65cN and the actuation distance will be from 0.1mm to 3.8mm (depending on the pressure).

Facing users, this technology is still somewhat green, which is why we are hardly seeing it. However, it is an interesting alternative to traditional systems and even opto-mechanical switches.

If you would be interested in trying these interesting keyboards, you can meet them on their website. For our part, we hope that brands will gradually investigate these other alternatives. They could get good results from working on new paradigms, which the industry is beginning to need.

And you, would you buy an analog keyboard? Which switch technology would you bet on for the future?

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