Re: Discharging ... Acer OKW132 mechanical keyboard

On 6/28/2026 10:37 PM, Paul wrote:
> On Sun, 6/28/2026 7:12 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>
>> Keyboard in question: Acer OKW132 mechanical keyboard
>>
>> So I cannot do it via the exposed USB-C port,
>> nor the USB-C plug of the keyboard cable?
> 
> If the design is intended to power other circuitry, it
> can only discharge the cell down to 3.0V or so.


Can I trick the circuitry (circuit board) into
believing that charging is actually discharging
using the exposed USB-C port or the keyboard's cable? :)

> You haven't opened it up yet, to see what kind of
> a mess is in there. With a keyboard PCB, the battery
> and any other circuits, would be off to the side of
> the key matrix. You should be able to see things well,
> see how accessible the battery is, and so on.

As I said in another branch of threads, I would have
to first unplug all the Cherry keycaps, Cherry MX
switches, unscrew then pile the plastic edges of the
caseing just to open the plastic casing!!

That's a lot of time, mood and patience! :)



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