MelGeek introduced its Centauri60 and Centauri80 Hall Effect gaming keyboards, representing the company's most significant product debut in its decade-long history. The Centauri Series combines display innovation, magnetic-switch technology, and expanded user-control systems aimed at establishing new benchmarks for premium custom keyboards.
The keyboards feature MelGeek's third-generation magnetic switch system, developed after years of engineering research. This system includes a master controller chip supported by five distributed processing chips, enabling more stable, responsive, and lower-latency input performance. With a new anti-interference magnetic shield patent, the technology significantly resolves neighboring key interference issues, effectively lowering the risk of intermittent connection failure.
The keyboards employ dynamic scanning that automatically adjusts scanning rates during periods of intensive and low activity. Paired with a fourth-generation Hall Effect sensor, the system generates only 2 millivolts of signal jitter—far below the industry's typical 20 to 30 mV—offering increased stability over most comparable magnetic-switch solutions. MelGeek also incorporated a new water ingress alert patent that detects liquid ingress in real-time, triggering a warning light alarm to minimize potential user damage.
The Centauri's sizable OLED screen measures nearly two inches in width with a 325 PPI pixel density and 60Hz refresh rate. The display is driven by an independent image-processing chip that helps protect the keyboard's input speed. With an exclusive dual-layer screen design, users can adjust wallpapers, dynamic animations, and interactive menus. By integrating the high-definition screen into the keyboard frame, MelGeek brings personalization and practical usability to a level rarely seen in other performance keyboards.
The Centauri Series debuts MelGeek's "Super Dock" rotary encoder, giving users fast access to macros, volume, brightness, and profile controls. The turning-knob system serves as a central command tool for multi-app productivity, gaming environments, and content-creation tasks.
Lighting improvements include an ambient, three-sided lighting system capable of more than 16 million color combinations and in-game reactive lighting responses. With the new Hive software install, users can personalize lighting profiles and save them as custom templates, animate effects with dynamic transitions, and create reactive effects that respond to key presses or system activity.
Acoustically, the Centauri features a gasket-mounted five-layer sound structure with TTC Flip King magnetic white switches, offering smooth travel and high articulation. The bottom-out has been optimized and engineered ergonomically to feel smooth and tactile while remaining fast and responsive.
The launch underscores MelGeek's broader mission to strengthen its leadership role in the custom-keyboard market through engineering innovation and user-focused design. With advanced magnetic architecture, a new high-definition OLED display, customizable lighting, expanded controls, and a re-engineered sound structure, the Centauri60 and Centauri80 are positioned as flagship products for 2025. For more information, visit MelGeek's official website.
