Raspberry Pi Keyboard

by Raspberry Pi

A slick and sturdy keyboard with built-in 3-port USB hub (to free up the USB ports on your Pi). It's the perfect keyboard for your Raspberry Pi!

Overview

Our official keyboard includes three host USB ports for connecting external devices, such as USB mice, USB drives, and other USB-controlled devices.

The product’s micro USB port is for connection to the Raspberry Pi. Via the USB hub built into the keyboard, the Raspberry Pi controls, and provides power to, the three USB Type A ports

Connection diagram

This is the configuration we recommend for using your Raspberry Pi, official keyboard and hub, and official mouse together. The hub on the keyboard ensures easy access to USB drives, and the mouse’s cable is tidy, while being long enough to allow you to use the mouse left- or right-handed.

Note: It is important that the power supply is connected to the Raspberry Pi and the keyboard is connected to the Raspberry Pi. If the power supply were connected to the keyboard, with the Raspberry Pi powered via the keyboard, then the keyboard would not operate correctly.

Download our guide to using the Raspberry Pi keyboard and hub

Specifications

The official Raspberry Pi keyboard and hub is a standard 79-key (78-key US) keyboard that includes an additional three USB 2.0 type A ports to power other peripherals. The keyboard is available in different language/country options.

  • 79-key keyboard (78-key keyboard for US model)
  • Three USB 2.0 type A ports for powering other peripherals
  • Automatic keyboard language detection
  • USB type- A to micro USB type B cable included for connection to compatible computer
  • Ergonomic design for comfortable use
  • Compatible with all Raspberry Pi products

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11 customer reviews

2 years ago
ARRR GEEE BEEEE! I'm driving it with a microcontroller + circuitpython by adapting an Adafruit LCD library for the ST7565 (almost the same as the ST7567 in the GFX hat) and porting the Pimoroni SN3218 library to circuitpython. Works great! I don't need capacitive touch so not bothering with that.
by Tobias about GFX HAT - Retro LCD with RGB Backlight via REVIEWS.io
3 years ago
Prompt delivery. Worked out of the box with their examples. Great price at discounted price of £9. Perhaps some more detailed documentation would be useful.
by Andrew about GFX HAT - Retro LCD with RGB Backlight via REVIEWS.io
4 years ago
An incredibly priced device, great screen, the buttons work very well and the LEDs for each buttons are very appreciated. The RGB backlight with individually control zones is a great touch. I am currently using it with a pi to received and display SMS messages.
by Ryan about GFX HAT - Retro LCD with RGB Backlight via REVIEWS.io
4 years ago
Lovely upgrade to my display-o-tron, and inky phat... and though it’s not as higher resolution as the inky Phat, the ability to refresh the data quicker makes it much more useful
by neil about GFX HAT - Retro LCD with RGB Backlight via REVIEWS.io
5 years ago
Just bought my second one of these, great for small embedded projects. Pimoroni is becoming a favourite here too, I've bought quite a few things now and the goodies have always arrived quickly.
by Brian about GFX HAT - Retro LCD with RGB Backlight via REVIEWS.io

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