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Bluetooth?

Open extrea1234 opened this issue 3 years ago • 2 comments

Hello,

I LOVE THIS PROJECT!!!!!! But I'm wondering if this can be done with Bluetooth instead of usb-C because I would like to power my pi from a power bank and still use the keyboard to control my pc. The reason why I do this is because I want to put my mini pc on a power bank as well (So it's portable) and I don't want that power bank's battery charge to be reduced quicker.

So can this be done with bluetooth?

Just wondering,

Thanks.

extrea1234 avatar Oct 26 '21 19:10 extrea1234

I'm pretty sure that it can, but I'm also pretty sure I wont find the time to try!

Here's a guide that may or may not work for you: https://thanhle.me/make-raspberry-pi3-as-an-emulator-bluetooth-keyboard/

Plus the associated GitHub repo: https://github.com/quangthanh010290/BL_keyboard_RPI

Gadgetoid avatar Oct 26 '21 20:10 Gadgetoid

Exactly my kind of ideal setup, Pi400 + power bank. I'll try the listed link as they should work.

But it's a shame both yours and the link listed are emulating the keyboard on top of the existing OS. Would be interesting to get a very low power implementation where we can fully run as a keyboard, with minimal overhead.

UPDATE: The link you provided has some issues with RPi 4 bluetooth, I'm still unable to install it.

ArsenicBismuth avatar Dec 11 '21 10:12 ArsenicBismuth