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Pixel Slate Keyboard Teardown

Written By: Paul (and one other contributor)
Published: October 24, 2023
  • Comments: 8
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Pixel Slate Keyboard Teardown

Written By: Paul (and one other contributor)
Published: October 24, 2023
  • Comments: 8
  • Favorites: 0
  • Views: 1.3k

Teardown

Introduction

This is not a complete how-to guide, but rather some images to help you with disassembly/repair.

This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Pixel Slate Keyboard, use our service manual.

  1. Pixel Slate Keyboard Teardown, Pixel Slate Keyboard Teardown: step 1, image 1 of 1

    • Keyboard deck with cover removed

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  2. Pixel Slate Keyboard Teardown: step 2, image 1 of 1

    • Underside of keyboard cover

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  4. Pixel Slate Keyboard Teardown: step 3, image 1 of 1

    • Rubber bumper removed

    • Fabric cut to expose communications cable

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  5. Pixel Slate Keyboard Teardown: step 4, image 1 of 1

    • Tablet holder removed to expose communication pins

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  6. Pixel Slate Keyboard Teardown: step 5, image 1 of 3 Pixel Slate Keyboard Teardown: step 5, image 2 of 3 Pixel Slate Keyboard Teardown: step 5, image 3 of 3

    • FFC (flexible flat cable) above keyboard

    • FFC under metal bar

    • FFC under keyboard

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  7. Pixel Slate Keyboard Teardown: step 6, image 1 of 2 Pixel Slate Keyboard Teardown: step 6, image 2 of 2

    • FFC dimensions

    • FFC identification

    • P.S. Sorry about the blank space in the images, I needed to pad the canvas to get these to upload here.

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Paul

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It still bums me out that we can't figure out a repair for this. At this point adding a USB C plug to it would make me happy

Matthew U - Reply Share

Mine snapped at the weak point in the hinge. You can just about see it in the last image.

Paul - Reply Share

I think mine might be loose because I do get random connections but the backlit keyboard is gone. Would a USB type-c adapter be something that's possible at this point? Maybe Gemini can figure it out lol

Jona - Reply Share

Sorry Jona, I've not looked into what would be needed to add a USB-C port. Perhaps you could do some research and report on anything you find?

If you're getting random connections it's likely that the cable is at least partially snapped such that not all of the copper traces are connected at all times. This happened to me shortly before it broke fully.

Paul - Reply Share

It has been found that the keyboard uses a standard USB connection wired up to the pogo pins. It's almost like if the cable was not routed under the metal bar, it probably would have been better off. You could locate the broken traces and scrape away the orange plastic gently and solder in a patch. You could also make a patch cable with regular thin cable too, but it's a very small microscope and exacto blade soldering job.

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