# Fingerprint Reader Expansion Card (for FW12)

**URL:** https://community.frame.work/t/fingerprint-reader-expansion-card-for-fw12/76798
**Category:** Expansion Card
**Created:** [October 15, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/fingerprint-reader-expansion-card-for-fw12/76798 "2025-10-15T20:38:02Z")
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### Author: ![the0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@the0](https://community.frame.work/u/the0)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/fingerprint-reader-expansion-card-for-fw12/76798/8 "2026-08-18T22:46:01Z")

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> [@Framework Laptop 12, now with Core Series 3](https://community.frame.work/t/framework-laptop-12-now-with-core-series-3/84179):
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> Today, we’re excited to announce the [new Framework Laptop 12](https://frame.work/laptop12) with Intel’s latest Core Series 3 processors, Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 7, options for fingerprint reader and backlit keyboard, and for the first time, a pre-built version with Fedora Linux preloaded. [Pre-orders are open today](https://frame.work/products/laptop12-diy-intel-series3/configuration/new), with Batch 1 shipping in October. We also uploaded two videos to the Framework YouTube channel today: an [overview of everything that’s new](https://youtu.be/459a7YBmBOE) along with a [technical deep dive video](https://youtu.be/yE48_MN8Ng4) where we upgrade an original…

Well, I guess this expansion card is soon to be obsolete. (Meanwhile, I will continue to enjoy my 1st gen FW12 as my daily driver until I _really_ need mainboard upgrade.)

**Well done, Framework, for listening to the community!**

P.S. I am also very excited about the backlit keyboard. (Oh well, but it is kinda hard to part with a German keyboard layout… I blind type in English with the US layout most of the time but occasionally I do need the umlauts. _Also, the German keyboard is the right amount of weird for me._)

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