Rapoo V7

Rapoo V7
Branding	Rapoo
Features	Programmable
Layouts	Modified ANSI tenkeyless
Keyswitches	Kaihua PG1511 series
Interface	USB
Dimensions	340 × 142 × 25 mm
Weight	800 g
Price	€24–31 (2001)

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Rapoo V7 is a low-cost, fully-programmable keyboard with Kaihua PG1511 series switches.

Description

The USB cable is around 1.8 m long and has a gold-plated plug. The keyboard ships with a software program for reassigning key functions including macros. These assignments are stored within the keyboard, and are functional within another computer or operating system.

Actuation was measured to be 43–47 g, coming in around 10% heavier than Cherry MX Red. The box gives the switch specifications as being 50±15 g actuation and with 50 million keystroke lifetime. USB polling rates are given as 125, 500 and 1000 Hz.

The glop-top chip-on-board keyboard controller IC lives on a daughterboard that connects at right angles to the switch PCB, facing the back of the keyboard.

Gallery

Box

Product box
Top
Bottom, showing specifications
Contents

Keyboard

Angled view
Top view
Rear view
Keycaps removed
Internals
Yellow Kaihua PG1511 series switches
Switches, rear view
Side view of mounting plate
Access cover removed
Controller board revealed by removing the access cover
Controller board, front (viewed from back of keyboard)
Controller board, back
Rear of PCB, which appears to be secured to the mounting plate using twist tabs instead of screws