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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : PS2 Keyboard
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| busa Regular Member  Joined: 12/02/2015 Location: AustraliaPosts: 81 |
Any body know where I could get one. Have set "OPTION KEYBOARD US" in the Explore 100 and tried it with a USB-PS2 converter plug but doesn't work. Come to think of it I haven't seen a PS2 keyboard in a long while, they are all USB or Bluetooth these days. |
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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9063 |
The adaptor is passive - it only changes the plug type. If the USB keyboard you are using is not explicitly PS/2 compatible, it simply won't work. You can get cheap PS/2 keyboards on eBay here. These ones I have used, and they DO work. They come as USB, but are supplied with a little USB-PS/2 adaptor, and they do indeed work with the E100 and VT100 terminal etc. PS/2 is almost dead. I believe that Geoff plans to support USB keyboards in future firmware releases, but that is on the long-term-plan I think. Adding a USB keyboard is more complicated then you think, which is why all the MCU's(Arduino included) still use PS/2 cos it easy to get them going - compared to USB keyboards. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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BobD Guru  Joined: 07/12/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 935 |
See my post here http://www.thebackshed.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9150 search eBay for MINIUP |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9063 |
Yep, BobD's link is probably even better. SLIGHTLY more expensive then the rubber ones, but even I prefer a plastic-key keyboard over the rubber ones. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| busa Regular Member Joined: 12/02/2015 Location: AustraliaPosts: 81 |
Thanks guys, will get on Ebay later and have a look. In the meantime I will scout around a few garage sales and second hand shops. |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9063 |
If you need one right away, and don't want to wait for a new one, just call in on any computer repair shop - they usually have shelves full of old PS/2 keyboards, and they would probably only charge you five or ten bucks for one - or maybe give it to you for nothing. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| busa Regular Member Joined: 12/02/2015 Location: AustraliaPosts: 81 |
Good idea, thanks Grogster I will do that  |
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| busa Regular Member Joined: 12/02/2015 Location: AustraliaPosts: 81 |
Thanks for the tip @Grogster, went to the local computer repair shop today and managed to get the last one he had on his shelves. Works like a charm too. |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9063 |
Good news. I figured they would still have shelves full of them - I know I do and I am not even a computer repair shop!  Did they charge you for it, or let you have it for free? Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| busa Regular Member Joined: 12/02/2015 Location: AustraliaPosts: 81 |
He charged me for it because it was a new (old) one still in its packaging. Cost me a tenner. Still had the original price tag which was $19.95 so I guess at today's prices it was a bargain. He didn't have any second hand ones although he said they do come through now and again. |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9063 |
Still a good deal. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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