Miniature Keyboard with RPizeroW not working

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Miniature Keyboard with RPizeroW not working

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Hello

I'm trying the "Miniature Keyboard- Microcontroller-Friendly PS/2 and USB Product ID: 857" with a RPizero W, but I'm not seeing any input response.

It is working with a RPi 4.

Any suggestions ?

thanks

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Re: Miniature Keyboard with RPizeroW not working

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How are you connecting the keyboard to the Zero? Some kind of USB-A to micro-USB adapter is necessary.

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Re: Miniature Keyboard with RPizeroW not working

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Yes with an adaptor

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Re: Miniature Keyboard with RPizeroW not working

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Check that to see if you can get a different USB device to connect through it. We've seen those go dead before.

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Re: Miniature Keyboard with RPizeroW not working

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I have tried several and no luck. Can you confirm this keyboard works with a RPi zero ? As I said previously, it works with a RPi 4.

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Re: Miniature Keyboard with RPizeroW not working

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Using this keyboard, lsusb shows for a RPi 3+ :

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 258a:0001 SINO WEALTH USB KEYBOARD

whereas for the RPi zero w it shows :

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Clearly it is not recognized. So is there a workaround, eg, driver?

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Re: Miniature Keyboard with RPizeroW not working

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It's a generic USB keyboard, so it should work equally well with any RasPi. There is no driver aside from the default one for all USB keyboards.
jax200 wrote:Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
That's just the hub, which is what I'd expect to see if there was a hardware problem in the USB connection.
jax200 wrote:I have tried several and no luck.
Does that mean you've tried several known-working USB devices and none of them have been able to connect to the Zero? If so, that strongly suggests a connection problem.

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Re: Miniature Keyboard with RPizeroW not working

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It now works. The problem was the OTG cable adapters I was using, which I thought were ok for this application.
Thanks for your help and patience.

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Re: Miniature Keyboard with RPizeroW not working

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Glad to hear you got things working. Happy hacking!

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