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Testing the Raspberry Pi 500+'s new mechanical keyboard
Instead of a traditional review of a new Pi product, I thought I'd split things up on my blog, and write two separate posts; this one about the Pi 500+'s new mechanical keyboard, and a separate post about hacking in an eGPU on the Pi 500+, for a massive uplift in gaming performance and local LLMs. The Raspberry Pi 500+ was announced today, sells for $200, and adds on the following over what was present in the regular Pi 500: - Built-in M.2 NVMe SSD (256GB, 2230-size Pi branded drive) in a 2280-size slot - 16 GB LPDDR4x RAM (over the Pi 500's 8) - Low-profile RGB-backlit mechanical keyboard with Gateron KS-33 Blue switches I also have a full video covering the Pi 500+ up on YouTube, and you can watch it below, as well: A Mechanical Keyboard Like any modern mechanical keyboard, the Pi 500+'s uses standard keycaps, mounted on top of Gateron KS-33 Low Profile Blue switches.
I personally favor quieter key switches, and you can see I was getting about 60 dBa measured 1' away, but as long as you're not in a computer lab full of these things, the noise is tolerable. One nice thing about using standard mechanical switches, though, is you can choose other keycaps to alter the look and feel of the Pi 500+'s keyboard. This works on some keys, like my spare Keychron set (pictured below), but it didn't feel great, so I would stick with low profile keycaps.
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