deskthority

"Not as annoying as ripster"

Such high praise!

Really don't drink much beer these days, but I probably consumed my fair share of Guinness a while back, and then some!

Ha! But a lesser chip, with no USB ;) So, no diodes. Will take a bit of track cutting - you might get away with not having to desolder it, since most of the switches have the track to the more central pin visible on the back. Although, the pattern isn't as regular for those few switches near the chi...

It should handle 256 keys, with no limit on the shape of the matrix (besides available pins).

Not sure why hand-wired... unless it doesn't have diodes...?

Yup, whatever the SSK does for its numpad, it does it itself. I don't think it depends on numlock state. For remapping etc., treat the SSK just like a full-sized keyboard, and live with not being able to change the shift+numlock behaviour. Re. make/break FN3 in a macro - won't work. See the dataflow...

tinnie wrote:

webwit wrote:China, man. One day shipping across the world. The volume is such that the plane loading and take-offs are non-stop.

Meh. China =/= Hong Kong.

Very true! HK -> UK = days. CN -> UK = weeks.

https://www.pfwcustomercontact.co.uk/PCIAPSPublic/ <-- pay here!

(linked from http://www.parcelforce.com/receiving-pa ... s-charging, in case you think the url looks iffy).

Tried that tracking number in Parcelforce or Royal Mail tracking?

Muirium wrote:

Tendered for delivery without success because of outstanding payment of charges. The item is being held and the addressee is being notified.

Argh! Royal Mail's holding on to my SSK! Just bring it to my door and I'll pay, I promise!

Phone 'em up and pay by card... or just go and fetch it!

Believe it or not but I actually secured 2 for the very reason of ensuring hasu could have one in the event they sold out quickly. Bravo! I have converted one by replacing its CPU with a Teensy, but it doesn't work reliably, and I'm pretty stuck for ideas as to why :( I think it could well be a noi...

I expect it will be the same. As in, my logic is conservative, and I expect IBM's is too! I tried to think of a way to allow certain cases, but it gets horribly compicated. Consider four keys on a matrix: A B C D If all positions have switches, D would ghost when A+B+C are pressed. So, conservative ...

Damn gannets! Peck peck, poop poop.

Pah, what do you know. Wait. Just telling it like it is! They don't send release codes, for all except two keys. Anyone wanting to actually use these would need to be prepared to desolder either the CPU or the ribbon cable, and then either program an 8048 or build a controller. Not difficult, for t...

How much for 1 of each? Interested in a 6019284 and a 6019273.

There's no joy converting these; they will require either a reprogrammed CPU (plus converter), or a complete controller replacement.

Yeah, PD6 has the LED on it, and my firmware still uses it - I guess that should be configurable too! The names are only used in the tools, so you could add some aliases to the table in common/hid_tokens.cpp and recompile. I might add a short name for 'unassigned' (probably 'none'), but the rest don...

Hmm, that's something I missed then!

Actually, another painkiller might be to define an extra dummy sense line, so that the hex scancodes that hid_listen spits out are easy to translate. Just use an unused pin or one of the other sense pins again, but set all keys to be unassigned.

Default strobe mode is good - a bit safer to strobe low, and doesn't need extra resistors to pull-down. Your diodes are reversed compared to say a Cherry 'board (which would strobe many columns and sense 8 rows), but if you strobe the 5 rows and sense the 15 columns, it should work out fine!

Just ordered another Teensy. PIRJ should start paying you a commission, Soarer. 8-) (I know there are alternatives) They must sell so many of them though; I doubt even all keyboard projects account for much of it! True about alternatives for Teensy 2.0, but the one that's much cheaper doesn't have ...

Just like Soarer's last magnum opus. In many ways this is simply an extension of that! I'm hoping this beta keeps people happy for quite a while, so I can look at putting some of the configurable pin stuff into the converter code - easy for the LEDs and switch inputs, not so easy for the clock sign...

What software tools do we need? Hopefully just what is included in the zip, plus hid_listen from PJRC, plus whatever loader your breakout board's bootloader requires (e.g. Teensy loader for Teensy). What OS are you running? The OS-X build of my tools is compiles under Snow Leopard, and to be honest...

Here is my Controller firmware for AVR microcontrollers with hardware USB, e.g. Teensy 2.0, Teensy++ 2.0. The main difference between this and other controller firmwares is that all configuration is performed using a config file, rather than modifying the C source code. A few example matrix configs ...

As long as it supports NKRO over PS/2, sure. Then it connects to PD0 and PD1. To make the connection you could either... a) use a passive USB-PS/2 adapter (the likes of which may have come with your keyboard) and a PS/2 socket wired to the Teensy, b) remove the cable from your keyboard and wire the ...

DP = D+
DM = D-

Those are only available on the USB socket (or those resistors).

Eh? The keyboard doesn't go in that hole!

Which pin?



Looks like the D- and D+ each go to a blue resistor, so you might be able to solder a fine wire to there...



Get yourself a loupe

Now now, let's not be hasty - we have gnocchi to aid identification! I'm not sure if they're percentage values or what... but 'light' and 'dark' they are... B can be either 'darker' or 'dark with pin' :D But sure, if you see one on a 'board in a picture you'll probably only know which grey it is by ...

Why apologise? :evilgeek: My feeling is that Nocke meaning pin would also have a sense of a functional part, given that it also means cam, as in an actuating pin or somesuch... could that be correct? Normally yes. For example, the pins on the drum of an old musical clock would be called Nocke. Nocke...

Don't nocke it!

Hmm, okay, it lists pin for Nocke, but not for Nocken... :? It lists both "cam" and "pin" for Nocke. ;) I saw ;) ... 'cam' for both, but 'pin' only for Nocke. My feeling is that Nocke meaning pin would also have a sense of a functional part, given that it also means cam, as in an actuating pin or s...

"Identification of keystem having a cam", meaning "Identification of keystem having a slider"
"Identification by keystem with a pin"
"Identification by keystem with one [plate of] Gnocchi"

Yup, nailed it. Must be one of those.