Testing the Raspberry Pi 500's new mechanical keyboard

Re:Testing the Raspberry Pi 500's new mechanical keyboard by geerlingguy on Saturday September 27, 2025 @04:25PM (#45399058)

Would love to at least have DP Alt Mode on the USB-C power input someday... maybe in the next generation. They're always wanting for board space; dropping one set of USB-A ports would give a bit!

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Re:Testing the Raspberry Pi 500's new mechanical keyboard by cjtrowbridge on Saturday September 27, 2025 @10:11PM (#45401163)

Radxa has rpi clones with better specs that already do that

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Re:Testing the Raspberry Pi 500's new mechanical keyboard by geerlingguy on Saturday September 27, 2025 @11:35PM (#45401553)

If Radxa would slow down their rollout of another new hardware board with vastly different target markets every month or so, they could wind up with a few really well-supported boards.

But as it is, you have to love tinkering with Linux or reading things across forums, blog posts, GitHub issues, and Discord to get a given Radxa board going nicely. It can be done, but it still takes too much effort for many.

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Re:Testing the Raspberry Pi 500's new mechanical keyboard by numpad0 on Sunday September 28, 2025 @12:50AM (#45401862)

idk but sounds like they might be run by designers and also they might be outsourcing PCBA. Just doing one batch simplifies operations by a lot. Not that I think it's commendable to do so...

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Re:Testing the Raspberry Pi 500's new mechanical keyboard by fulafel on Sunday September 28, 2025 @02:15AM (#45402154)

Sounds like the opposite of a RPi clone.

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