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This is my wip, a mechanical keyboard with a boox tablet, running android, (termux, fdroid, meshtastic, uxn, lagrange, koreader) with a LoRa Radio connecting trough bluetooth. I haven't had a change to really get this device on the LoRa network as there are no mesh around here. This is the next development needed.
Jun 07 · 9 days ago · 👍 BBSman, mimas2AC, Geer3The · 🔥 2
That is super hot! Very nice work!
Bluetooth keyboard?
👺 daruma [OP] · Jun 08 at 02:17:
I went with a cabled keyboard, I feel like the speed, and the battery managment is less if I don't run all these battery powered device. I've used a flat cable to tuck in nicely in the casing too.
Looks pretty cool. How much do the components cost? Which boox tablet is that? Regards
👺 daruma [OP] · Jun 08 at 19:58:
@mimas2AC my BOM with appx price in CAD
- Boox Poke 3 (250$)
- Mech keyboard with swapable switches (50$)
- Battery pack (40$)
- LoRa WAN with Antenna (35$)
- USB C right angle flat cable (10$)
- USB right angle adaptor (10$)
- Logitech Keyboard soft Case (20$)
I already had a flat battery pack, and I found the keyboard soft case in a garage sale (for 25Cents). Also keep in mind you can use any newer ebook with USB C to connect to the wired keyboard. The flat cable is only used to minimize the ammount of wires floating around. For some reason the usb C to usb C able doesn't work for the kerboard + tablet.
