Keyboard USB Cable

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Got a query for you fine folk. I'm thinking of buying/building a new rig for my living room but want to use my current keyboard (Ducky Shine 7).

I currently use the USB-C cable that came with it since I'm using it sat at my desk. My question is this though, if I was to buy a longer USB-C cable so it could reach my dat on my sofa, would I have to get a certain type of cable? Like would it have to have a certain data transfer speed or power delivery?

There website just has some marketing speech about the cable being quick but not sure what this is referring to.
 
How log are you talking about? You can get high power USB c cables in 2-3m lengths now and that is what you may need to avoid significant voltage drop for it to keep working.
 
I'd say I'm probably going to be sat about 3 meters away from the computer so the cable would need to be that l9ng.

Is there anything in particular I need to be looking for when I buy a longer cable?

Thanks
 
You can get longer cables, keyboards are generally low voltage draw so should be fine.

Just treat yourself to a good quality one as it will be moved around a fair bit - consider a 90 degree end if that'd suit your needs depending on the port location on the keyboard etc.

Some cables may be for charging only, so may not work with data, rare but something to keep in mind when reading the cable info.
 
I had a look at the spec, maybe I missed something but Ducky reports it as usb 2.0 only.. (on OCUK website). Is this right? Is your current cable USB C to C?
Probably look for something that can charge at least 20W over 3m.
 
Yeah it's USB 2.0.

Ideally what I want to be honest is a wireless mechanical keyboard with silent switches. My current keyboard is cherry mx red silent. They are great for me but it's wired.

Any suggestions?
 
Keyboards use very little power. As an example, I just measured my own keyboard at 35mA. If I turn all the LEDs on (just caps lock etc, no backlight) then it goes up to... 41mA. That's 0.2W, which is so low that even a cheap skinny cable will work at 3m.
 
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