Date : Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:02:21 -0800
From : conrad.russo@... (Conrad Russo)
Subject: Fwd: Fwd: Re: Not Exactly a BBC Question But...
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From: Conrad Russo <conrad.russo@...>
Date: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Fwd: Re: Not Exactly a BBC Question But...
To: Rick Murray <rick@...>
I think you misunderstood what I want to do, I want to hook up a PS/2
> keyboard to an FM77AV, not the other way around. Forgive me if you already
> knew that, it's just that the way you described it (keyboard to
> microcontroller, microcontroller to PS/2 lead) sounds like you think I want
> to hook up a foreign keyboard to a PS/2 port. I think such things as PS/2
> keyboard debouncing are well known. So all that would have to be done is
> read the PS/2 keyboard, convert PS/2 codes to 40-bit FM77 serial stream,
> send to FM77. I think it's a little bit simpler then the other way around.
>
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012@... PM, Rick Murray <rick@...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Arduino looks kinda cool. I might get myself one to play with (Farnell
> lists the Uno for ?20, but the spec is quite low, there is an ARM Olimex
> for ?24, or a Cortex-M3 with LCD, four buttons, serial, plus a fine spec
> for ?35. Not a RPi, but not a bad little mcu dev board.).
>
>
> But note, you still have to fiddle with hardware (keyboard to
> microcontroller, microcontroller to PS/2 lead) and software (scan keys,
> debounce, convert to PS/2, bitbash PS/2...) so for a quick fix you might as
> well wirea PS/2 plug to the User Port and try that first. If you can't get
> that going, give up on using a microcontroller, it won't be as easy to poke
> as BASIC!
>
> As for the keys and the Beeb's lack of them, there is always Ctrl key
> options.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Rick
>
> (*sent from my mobile*)
>
>
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> *From: *Conrad Russo <conrad.russo@...>*
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