I don’t even have my keyboard yet, but I’m thinking of buying a 6ft braided USB a→c cable and a 3ft braided RJ45 cable, matching. I’ve done some preliminary searching on Amazon, but I’m not totally certain how careful I have to be about stuff on there. I have seen some bad reviews.
The Keyboardio blog posts make it pretty clear you have to make sure that your USB cable is actually up to spec. I figure that’s probably easier now that type c has been out longer. Is the power delivery bottleneck all in the type c port, or can a high quality cable allow brighter LED output?
What’s a good place to get matching USB & RJ45 cables? a right-angle type c end would be pretty sweet, as well.
Barring finding good stuff, I might just braid them myself, but I’d rather find professionally braided cable.
Realistically, the Model 01 will probably work ok with an out-of-spec cable. But we didn’t want to ship a ‘bad’ USB C cable, as they can actually be dangerous when used with other devices.
The only thing you -really- need to watch out for is the size of the USB C cable’s molded plastic. If it’s too big, it won’t fit into our housing.
In my opinion, buying from a non-Amazon seller on the Amazon website is riskier than buying on eBay.
I actually deleted my Amazon account due to the trouble I was having with non-Amazon sellers; I’ve switched to Powell’s for books, while Newegg fills the hardware niche for me.
I tried NewEgg. They don’t have anything in the right length that’s braided.
I’ll probably just go with Amazon. I figure I probably don’t have to be nearly as careful about a 3ft RJ45 connecting two low-throughput microcontrollers.
As for the usb cable, I might just have to keep a close eye on it if I ever try to use it on something besides the keyboard. My Model 01 will actually be my first USB type c device.
I replaced the standard RJ45 cable for a (shorter) braided cable. I had to twist the cable a bit as the connectors where aligned improperly. I wasn’t able to find a braided RJ45 cable with the connectors placed in such a way that I would not have to twist/rotate the cable.
