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Name: mini (Pi)QWERTY USB keyboard
SKU: 21601
Price: 95.99 USD
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Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)

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mini (Pi)QWERTY USB keyboard

(4 Reviews)

USB hid keyboard ... etc. for Raspberry PI, tablet, phone, programing

Designed by Bobricius in Slovakia

$95.99

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USB hid keyboard ... etc. for Raspberry PI, tablet, phone, programing

Micro USB for connection, cable is not included 36 buttons only. WHY? there is no small wired USB HID keyboard for RPI, almost all are BT, big or with wireless receiver based on powerful 32-b…

WHY?

there is no small wired USB HID keyboard for RPI, almost all are BT, big or with wireless receiver
based on powerful 32-bit ARM ATSAMD21E18 same as in Arduino ZERO

2 Variants for sale. CAREFULY SELECT

36 buttons- Assembled and fully working
36 buttons- BARE PCB, no components

I am using 7mm height 1N force DIPTRONICS DTS63k

Dimensions

36 buttons 10x4cm

MATT BLACK & GOLD

Keyboard have 3 layouts switchable with FN button.
lowercase letters
uppercase letters
numbers, symbols

FIRMWARE UPDATES

just short twice JTAG pads GND&RESET, then keyboard enumerate as Mass storage, then copy new firmware

Micro usb cable not included

More details and sources on project page: mini (Pi)QWERTY USB keyboard

Arduino based software, you can make own firmware / layout, UF2 bootloader

Possible enhancements - not implemented now !

on GPIO header with SPI, I2C, UART
macro keyboard .... you can send to computer about 200 000 characters from memory
connect TFT display and make standalone computer with basic or python ... you need make software
with i2c / uart you can send to host computer GPS or environmental data
also you can enumerate keyboard as CDC+hid and you can control connected devices via SPI, I2C, UART
connect radio module and display to make communicator

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Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (5.00)

Documentation: (4.75)

Shipping: (4.75)

Communication: (4.50)

Michael | Oct. 24, 2021

Fills a need in the market - one of a kind

Great little keyboard - easy plug and play - looks like it will last a long time - sturdy construction. Would have preferred the USB out to come out from the side - but just a personal thing - at a pinch I could move it, but I won't. Currently using it with 5" touch-screen UMPC - Higole F1 - just not usually enough room on the screen for on-screen keyboard to be effective - this fills the gap in tech perfectly. Thanks Bobricus well done.
A final point - I wear glasses and the symbols embossed on the keyboard face are understandably tiny - really tiny - I struggled to work out what was what at first - but once you know it's not too hard.... it's clear as it can be given the space available - but for those with less than perfect eyesight you need to bear this in mind.

Alex | April 17, 2021

Even better than I thought!

I purchased the 49 key fully built.

Typing this review on the board now. Definitely a thing of beauty and well put together. Top workmanship!

The size of this thing is amazing, literally a shirt pocket sized full qwerty keyboard with mouse function too! I don't think that is made clear anywhere. Yes it is mouse and keyboard in one tiny unit! Pressing the *** buton enables mouse mode meaning the page up/down/left/right buttons move the cursor and you can even move diagonally. Madness!

Anyone who appreciates security or pen testers will appreciate the lack of wireless donggle/bluetooth. Wired only. Nice.

Cons: To be fair, not many. If Bobricius was spoiling us there would have been rubber button caps. Bearing in mind you won't be writing the Odyssey, this is no big issue. Buttons are responsive but it is difficult to type at full speed at least until muscle memory kicks in. A housing would have been a nice option but i think most people interested in this will have a solution.

It's as badass as it looks and that's very!

Get one!

LLAP

Kayla | Dec. 14, 2020

Beautiful!

Starting with the obvious: the keyboard works just as expected, no issues at all.

Apart from that, it just looks absolutely beautiful! The gold-black combination makes it look really stylish and the font/icons used fit verly well. The only thing I find aesthetically non-fitting is the silk-screened board identifier from the manufacturer on the front. It might be worth placing that manually in a different place.

My only other suggestion would be to include a set of standoffs and screws. I happened to have a bunch of them, but not everybody might.

Shipping was a bit slow, but I'm attributing that to the current global situation.

Cornelis Jan | Nov. 23, 2020

Fantastic little keeb. Well worth the price!

So I'm a bit of a mechanical keyboard hoarder, and I happened to come across this gem, and just had to have it in the collection. It's fantastic for pairing with a Raspberry Pi for the occasional settings menu in RetroPie, and I've got some plans to cobble together a dedicated Pico8 Pi handheld loosely modeled after the PocketChip (but now with better keys!), for on the go game coding. Doesn't take up any space, and it's got the good microswitches, so "typing" on it isn't half bad. It takes about a week for the keymap to become muscle memory, but after that, it's very easy to blind thumbtype on it. It doesn't have all the usual keys you'd expect to find on a normal keyboard, but that's okay if you're just typing a bunch of text. You don't need modifiers apart from the shift key for most work.

Besides a dedicated handheld keyboard, there's ofcourse a miriad of applications that this little keeb is good for. It's size does lend itself to just chucking it in a backpack, and you'll find a use for it on-the-go ;)

10/10 Highly satisfied with my purchase!

(ps: this was typed ON the keyboard)

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