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What's the connection between the Google anti-trust investigations in the US and the new Raspberry Pi 500 keyboard computer?

Raspberry Pi has announced a second-generation of its computer-in-keyboard, and a branded monitor. Aimed at home computing and based on RP5 technology, the Raspberry Pi 500 keyboard computer has a quad-core 64bit Arm Cortex-A76 processor (with 8Gbyte of ram), wireless networking, dual display outputs, and 4K video playback. It comes with a 32GB Raspberry Pi SD Card pre-loaded with Raspberry ...

Cherry has announced quieter operation amongst other up-grades to its long-running MX series of keyboard switches, with the introduction of MX2A types. At the same time, it revealed a keyboard, Xtrfy K5V2, built with the switches. The original gold cross-point contacts are retained and changes are largely details, with, for example. a move from cylindrical spring to an barrel spring to ...

Cherry MX, the German keyboard switch company, has created a mechanical keyboard switch only 3.5mm tall and ~13 x 13mm – ~70% smaller than its own Low Profile range, introduced in 2018. Called the Ultra Low Profile, it is aimed at high-end thin notebook and desktop keyboards. The company “is moving toward the current limit of technical feasibility with this ...

Electronics Weekly has been trying out a Raspberry Pi 400 for a few days, and can report that it really is a desktop replacement for writing documents, editing photos and general web use. Yes, that really is the whole computer The computer is essentially a Raspberry Pi 4 built inside a keyboard – looking very almost identical to the neat ...

UK component distributor Anglia is offering keypads tailored to customer requirements. “As the primary human machine interface of the equipment, a keypad must not only suit a practical purpose but contribute to the overall aesthetic design,” according to Anglia technical director David Pearson. “For this reason, the needs of individual customers can be very specific. Anglia’s custom keypads can incorporate customer ...

Dishwasher-safe keyboards that are anti-microbial and easy-to-clean are available from Diamond Electronics, and mouses to go with them. They are intended for clinical and home use in medical systems, clean industrial applications, food processing, semiconductor manufacturing, laboratories, point-of-sale systems and public areas. The iMTC range are sealed and water-proof to IP68, and meet medical approval EN60601-1-2. The anti-microbial coating is ...

In trying to go the extra mile – putting extra memory under the keyboard of a laptop I was giving to someone – I managed to flip a key-top off. Unfortunately, one of the three parts under the key-top came out too. Oh my word. There followed one and half hours with tweezers, any number of poking devices, and grubbing ...

LG Electronics (LG) showed a neat roll-up/roll-up keyboard at IFA in Berlin It is called the Rolly Keyboard, or model KBB-700. Physically, it is four stiff strips of keys attached to one another by floppy joints, with a further square cross-section strip at one edge. Rolled up, it is fatter (<26mm) square cross-section featureless stick with all its bits held ...