To make development easier ahead of Framework Laptop 16 availability, we’ve created an Adapter Board that allows you to interface Input Modules to any PC over a regular USB-C cable.
Note that supplies of these adapter boards are limited, so we will prioritize sending modules out to creators and developers who have electrical and mechanical progress to show.
I would like to express an interest in making these available for sale some day.
The use case is making it so I can remove my customer keyboard from the laptop and use it in a more ergonomic position while I’m at the coffee shop. In other words, convert input modules into external peripherals.
I doubt it would be stable in a use like that. And this board would be awkwardly hanging off the front. Plus, the keyboards are pretty thin at 3.7mm total. I think they would need a backer / case for real use outside the laptop. People could design and 3d print one, and make a more suitable usb adapter.
These adapters are on Framework’s github by the way. For anyone that wants to build one.
Just got my adapter board in the mail – thanks! Now just eagerly waiting for JLCPCB to deliver the board that connects with it.
I had to leave the board ID resistor unpopulated on my prototype, though, since only the “small” input module has its board ID resistance documented. Could we get that fixed, please?