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Outemu clicky optoelectric switches

A quick teardown of the Outemu clicky optoelectric switches by Chyrosran22.

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Published December 3, 2021
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This time we're looking at Outemu's clicky optoelectric switch, or as I call it, the handclap switch – Chyrosran22.

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Published on Fri 3rd Dec 2021. Featured in KBD #55 (source).


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