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News from Swissmicros!
09-21-2015, 12:30 PM
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Hi, guys,

I have contacted SwissMicros concerning this keyboard subject (how hard it is to get one custom made keyboard at an affordable cost for a hypothetical calculator project).
Here is the (authorized) answer from Michel from SwissMicros:
Quote:Hello Jose,

our new calculator has a single plastic part which required a mold of two parts. We designed the plastic part in a 3D modeling software, based on that the producer made a 3D model for the mold.
The cost for the mold was about USD7000.
Usually it doesn't make sense to produce less than 1000pcs. The setup-cost for each run is equal to several hundred units.
What are real keys? Our calculator has a PCB with contact areas for the domes under the keys.

I'm not sure this is of any help for you.

Best regards,
Michael Steinmann

And I believe that it is possible to get lower prices nowadays in the far east, even for smaller production batches.

Jose Mesquita
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