Discontinued - you can grab this Adafruit MacroPad RP2040 Starter Kit - 3x4 Keys + Encoder + OLED - ADABOX019 Essentials instead!

Glow up for keyboards! Pimoroni's Keybow is a solderless mini mechanical keyboard with super satisfying high-quality clicky switches. The per-key RGB lighting shines brilliantly through the clear DSA-profile key caps, so you get all the incredible LED colors while clickety-clacking away at your coding, hotkey-ing, etc! 

Keybow is an easy-to-build, solderless, DIY mini mechanical keyboard. It's Raspberry Pi-powered, with twelve illuminated keys, hot-swap linear (soft) switches, clear keycaps, and awesome customisable layouts and macros. It's the ultimate macro pad.

This kit has (just about) everything you need - microSD card not included but that's it. You can now build your own mini mechanical keyboard. It's a fun, affordable, first step into the world of mechanical keyboards, with high-quality linear (Silver) Kailh Speed switches and clear DSA-profile key caps that look incredible when lit up with the per-key RGB lighting. The fancy hot-swap Kailh sockets mean that there's absolutely no soldering required!

Kit includes:

• Raspberry Pi Zero WH
• Keybow PCB
• Switch plate
• Twelve Kailh Speed switches 
• Twelve clear DSA-profile key caps
• Acrylic baseplate
• Fixings and feet
• Micro-USB cable
• Portable, reusable kit box

Note: A pre-loaded SD card is not included, so you'll want to grab a micro SD card that will be burned with the firmware once you receive the kit.

Features:

• Per-key RGB LEDs (APA102)
• Kailh hot-swap switch sockets (for Cherry MX-compatible switches)
• 40-pin female header
• I2C breakout header for add-ons
• Custom Keybow OS
• Compatible with Raspberry Pi 3 B+, 3, 2, B+, A+, Zero, and Zero W
• Assembled size: 85 x 56.5 x 38mm