Date   : Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:57:59 +0100
From   : afra@... (Phill Harvey-Smith)
Subject: Keyboards.

On 31/07/2012 19:05, Mark Haysman wrote:
> The Arc keyboard uses various Intel x51 type Microcontrollers to process
> the keyboard functionality. I?ve got a dump of this code if you want to
> use it to create something else ? it shouldn?t be too difficult to
> rewrite the output section to be PS/2 compatible rather than Acorn
> proprietary, or maybe even recode it to PIC/AVR etc if you prefer those.

There are even AVR microcontrolers that have the same pinout as the 
8051, though the reset line is of the opposite polarity :(

But it should be easy enough to scan the matrix and output it in the 
format of your choice.

Cheers.

Phill.

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