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KindleMeAndrey · 12-26-2016, 02:38 PM

Thanks, Steve. Sorry for the extra large image. I'll repost a version less than 600x600 below.

What I meant about the keyboard was something different than a micro USB. In the picture below, you'll see there's the default kindle keyboard port on the bottom right. It's a 20-pin 0.5mm pitch adapter that can be connected into using this cable: https://www.amazon.com/0-5mm-Pitch-F.../dp/B016CVXWHS

What if instead of the standard kindle mini-keyboard we could plug in a keyboard commonly found in netbooks, bypassing kindle's own keyboard?

Dell Mini keyboard connector:

We would just need an adapter from whatever the netbook keyboard uses (24-pin 1mm pitch I believe) to the 20-pin 0.5mm:

The mapping of keys would probably be different, but with having root access on linux, the keys can be indentified with "xev" and remapped with "xmodmap".

What do you think?

12-26-2016, 02:38 PM	#5
KindleMeAndrey Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2016 Device: Kindle 3 Keyboard	Thanks, Steve. Sorry for the extra large image. I'll repost a version less than 600x600 below. What I meant about the keyboard was something different than a micro USB. In the picture below, you'll see there's the default kindle keyboard port on the bottom right. It's a 20-pin 0.5mm pitch adapter that can be connected into using this cable: https://www.amazon.com/0-5mm-Pitch-F.../dp/B016CVXWHS What if instead of the standard kindle mini-keyboard we could plug in a keyboard commonly found in netbooks, bypassing kindle's own keyboard? Dell Mini keyboard connector: We would just need an adapter from whatever the netbook keyboard uses (24-pin 1mm pitch I believe) to the 20-pin 0.5mm: The mapping of keys would probably be different, but with having root access on linux, the keys can be indentified with "xev" and remapped with "xmodmap". What do you think? Last edited by KindleMeAndrey; 12-26-2016 at 04:32 PM.