I'm trying to get hold of a Small (no wider then 350mm wide) Illuminated
Cordless keyboard, I don't mind if the cordless side of things are IR or 2.4
GHz.
On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:51:52 +0100, "Jim"
<luckyjim2000_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I'm trying to get hold of a Small (no wider then 350mm wide) Illuminated
>Cordless keyboard, I don't mind if the cordless side of things are IR or 2.4
>GHz.
>
>As far as the mouse/trackpad side of things are concerned I'd rather have
>something like this http://tinyurl.com/2ces8a
>but I'm not keen on this kind of style http://tinyurl.com/2hhkqo
>
>I hope I have made myself clear, does anyone know where I can get something
>like I have described?
>
>TIA
>
It seems unlikely anyone would make such a product because
the illumination would rapidly drain the batteries. The
typical consumer now expects months worth of use from a set
of batteries in a keyboard, while an illuminated might not
run for more than 3 days (if that) depending on lighting
type and brightness level.
On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:56:13 -0400, kony <spam@spam.com> put finger to
keyboard and composed:
>On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:51:52 +0100, "Jim"
><luckyjim2000_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to get hold of a Small (no wider then 350mm wide) Illuminated
>>Cordless keyboard, I don't mind if the cordless side of things are IR or 2.4
>>GHz.
>>
>>As far as the mouse/trackpad side of things are concerned I'd rather have
>>something like this http://tinyurl.com/2ces8a
>>but I'm not keen on this kind of style http://tinyurl.com/2hhkqo
>>
>>I hope I have made myself clear, does anyone know where I can get something
>>like I have described?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>
>
>It seems unlikely anyone would make such a product because
>the illumination would rapidly drain the batteries. The
>typical consumer now expects months worth of use from a set
>of batteries in a keyboard, while an illuminated might not
>run for more than 3 days (if that) depending on lighting
>type and brightness level.
I notice that cordless mice and keyboards are very efficient. The
voltage of the batteries in my MS mouse dropped to about 0.9V each
before the mouse stopped working. My MS keyboard was still working at
1.0V per battery. Of course the keyboard has no LEDs - these are on
the powered receiver.
- Franc Zabkar
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On 2007-06-26, Jim <luckyjim2000_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to get hold of a Small (no wider then 350mm wide) Illuminated
> Cordless keyboard, I don't mind if the cordless side of things are IR or 2.4
> GHz.
>
> As far as the mouse/trackpad side of things are concerned I'd rather have
(a trackball rather than a touchpad)
I doubt you'll find what your looking for for much the same reasons
as others have already pointed out. A standard LED takes around
10mA, and given the number that would be needed to light a keyboard,
it isn't really practical for a portable device.
One option that comes to mind are the LED on a flexible stick
devices that plug into a USB port. I use one of these with my
notebook occasionally and it works fine. Assuming the keyboard is
powered off at least 3.6V it should be easy enough to get working
of the internal power supply, although some hacking will be required
and your battery life may not be that get - probably better than
a backlit keyboard would be though.
A little lateral thinking started me on the course of phosphorescent
keytops though. I was thinking of blank sheets to print on and
then varnish or laquer in some manner to protect the legends, but
I found http://www.latkey.com/glowing_stickers.asp?SubCat=14 which
will go on any dark/black keyboard.
On 2007-06-26, Jim <luckyjim2000_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to get hold of a Small (no wider then 350mm wide) Illuminated
> Cordless keyboard, I don't mind if the cordless side of things are IR or 2.4
> GHz.
>
> As far as the mouse/trackpad side of things are concerned I'd rather have
(a trackball rather than a touchpad)
I doubt you'll find what you're looking for for much the same reasons
as others have already pointed out. A standard LED takes around
10mA, and given the number that would be needed to light a keyboard,
it isn't really practical for a portable device.
One option that comes to mind are the LED on a flexible stick
devices that plug into a USB port. I use one of these with my
notebook occasionally and it works fine. Assuming the keyboard is
powered off at least 2.4V it should be easy enough to get working
of the internal power supply, although some hacking will be required
and your battery life may not be that great - probably better than
a backlit keyboard would be though.
A little lateral thinking started me on the course of phosphorescent
keytops though. I was thinking of blank sheets to print on and
then varnish or laquer in some manner to protect the legends, but
I found http://www.latkey.com/glowing_stickers.asp?SubCat=14 which
will go on any dark/black keyboard.
Small Illuminated Cordless keyboard 
Linear Mode
