Cooler Master Novatouch TKL

Cooler Master Novatouch TKL
Switch	Topre, 45g uniform weighting, MX mount
Sense method	Capacitive
Protocol	USB
Keycaps	Laser-engraved ABS

The Cooler Master Novatouch TKL is a keyboard sold by Cooler Master that uses Topre switches. This keyboard is notable for having using Cherry MX mount, compatible with modern custom keycap sets. The keyboard was released in late 2014 ¹⁾; and discontinued sometime around 2016 as claimed by a Cooler Master employee on Reddit. ²⁾

This keyboard uses capacitive Topre switches with a Cherry MX compatible keycap mount.

The keyboard was sold in both 87 key ANSI and 88 key ISO variants. The case is of a wrap-around design, with a Micro-USB port on the back for plugging in a detachable cable. The keyboard is capable of N-Key rollover on Windows ³⁾, but defaults to 6-key rollover on other operating systems.

The keyboard assembly consists of individual sliders and housings clipped into a steel metal plate, sitting over a rubber dome mat that covers capacitive cone-shaped springs that interact with the PCB to increase or decrease capacitance; this assembly is assembled using two different types of screws - 12 silver screws along the edge of the PCB with their location indicated by silk-screened circles, and 20 black screws throughout the PCB with locations indicated by arrows. The rubber dome mat sticks to the PCB from the factory; this seal may weaken overtime if the user frequently disassembles the assembly. The PCB also has two JST sockets - one small one near the edge of the PCB that is left unused, and one big one that is used to connect the Micro-USB port

The keyboard assembly sits within the bottom case. The bottom case has pegs which help in aligning the keyboard assembly, with subsequent holes in the PCB to accommodate for the pegs. The Micro-USB port has two clips and two silver flat-head screws securing it to the bottom case, whilst the keyboard assembly is secured to the bottom case with two black pan-head screws.

The top case is of a wrap-around design. The top case has clips along the top and bottom edges of the bottom case, then further secured using four black pan-head screws that screw up from the bottom case into screw sockets in the top case. The bottom case has four holes for these screws - two of them are exposed, whilst the other two are covered by the rear label and a warranty sticker.