Pinebook Pro ANSI keyboard - feedback please!
09-24-2019, 02:13 PM
@OneEyeGringoJoe
Switching only the keyboard is not possible, because the keyboard bezels of the ISO layout cannot accommodate an ANSI keyboard. A bezel that can accommodate either ANSI or ISO is possible and common, see post #12, but Pine64 decided against it. So you have to buy an entire topcase with the keyboard.
About backlit keyboard, that has been ruled out already. Still it would have been nice at least as aftermarket accessory, but as it stands this is not planned (unsure if even possible with current motherboard?)
These are the two of the three most important points I would like to see addressed in an upcoming hardware revision of the PBP, the third one would be a 40-pin eDP connector which allows aftermarket upgrade to QHD screens (RK3399 limited bandwidth per eDP lane allows only FHD on 30-pin eDP).
Switching only the keyboard is not possible, because the keyboard bezels of the ISO layout cannot accommodate an ANSI keyboard. A bezel that can accommodate either ANSI or ISO is possible and common, see post #12, but Pine64 decided against it. So you have to buy an entire topcase with the keyboard.
About backlit keyboard, that has been ruled out already. Still it would have been nice at least as aftermarket accessory, but as it stands this is not planned (unsure if even possible with current motherboard?)
These are the two of the three most important points I would like to see addressed in an upcoming hardware revision of the PBP, the third one would be a 40-pin eDP connector which allows aftermarket upgrade to QHD screens (RK3399 limited bandwidth per eDP lane allows only FHD on 30-pin eDP).