Bluetooth mouse works with Orange Pi 5b running Armbian but not keyboard

Last Updated on May 8, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

  • Orange offers a wireless mouse, but it is only for the P800 device:

http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/otherAccessories/details/Orange-Pi-800-Wireless-Mouse.html

  • We do not know of someone who managed to pair a wireless keyboard and mouse
  • Why did PinePhone developer Martijn Braam develop the PinePhone keyboard, a special keyboard which pairs over the GOGO pins.
  • In this example, an usb keyboard is paired over an usb hub to the PinePhone.
  • The PinePhone keyboard pairs over POGO pins.
  • The video shows pairing of a keyboard over usb.
  • Why do we not have any Bluetooth keyboard demos for the PinePhone? Is it tricky, too?
  • There are tons of mini Bluetooth keyboards available with every feature we miss.
  • We then build a special PinePhone keyboard?
  • And why did another SBC computer demo maker make a TRS80 like organizer out of a SBC which took him more than a year to build, why did he choose an usb keyboard?

Are there SBCs which offers easy pairing of Bluetooth keyboards and mice?

  • The Odroid XU4 can pair to a Bluetooth keyboard as shown in this example:
  • Odroid offered special dongle for Bluetooth and WIFI in their shop, but not available anymore, they only can be found on ebay.
  • We do not know of anybody who has managed to pair a wireless keyboard and mouse to the Orange Pi 5 in Armbian:

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/28162-which-wireless-keyboard-to-choose-for-the-orange-pi-5-running-armbian/#comment-164656

  • is there a problem, too?
  • Someone tried to pair Bluetooth and mouse to the Orange Pi 5B with integrated Bluetooth module:

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/28175-opi-5b-bluetooth-some-devices-not-detected/

  • He managed to pair a mouse which is working, but not a keyboard.