Pixel Slate Keyboard Teardown

Escrito Por: Paul
Publicado em: 24/10/23
  • Comentários: 8

Pixel Slate Keyboard Teardown

Publicado em: 24/10/23

Teardown

Introdução

This is not a complete how-to guide, but rather some images to help you with disassembly/repair.

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    • Keyboard deck with cover removed

    Is this completely glued down?

    Matthew U -

    The cover plastic is glued around the edges and either side of the touchpad. No heat is required to release the glue. I found it a lot easier to separate than phone screens. The glued down felt/fabric is a lot trickier to work with.

    Paul -

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    • Underside of keyboard cover

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    • Rubber bumper removed

    • Fabric cut to expose communications cable

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    • Tablet holder removed to expose communication pins

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    • FFC (flexible flat cable) above keyboard

    • FFC under metal bar

    • FFC under keyboard

    Did you ever tested this ribbon flat cable for continuity?

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    • FFC dimensions

    • FFC identification

    • P.S. Sorry about the blank space in the images, I needed to pad the canvas to get these to upload here.

Autor(a)

Paul

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5 comentários

It still bums me out that we can't figure out a repair for this. At this point adding a USB C plug to it would make me happy

Matthew U -

Mine snapped at the weak point in the hinge. You can just about see it in the last image.

Paul -

I think mine might be loose because I do get random connections but the backlit keyboard is gone. Would a USB type-c adapter be something that's possible at this point? Maybe Gemini can figure it out lol

Jona -

Sorry Jona, I've not looked into what would be needed to add a USB-C port. Perhaps you could do some research and report on anything you find?

If you're getting random connections it's likely that the cable is at least partially snapped such that not all of the copper traces are connected at all times. This happened to me shortly before it broke fully.

Paul -

It has been found that the keyboard uses a standard USB connection wired up to the pogo pins. It's almost like if the cable was not routed under the metal bar, it probably would have been better off. You could locate the broken traces and scrape away the orange plastic gently and solder in a patch. You could also make a patch cable with regular thin cable too, but it's a very small microscope and exacto blade soldering job.

Vince -