jburke71
05-08-2008, 10:57 PM
Hey All,
I'm thinking about working on a project that will require interfacing to a computer via the PS/2 port. I'm not familiar with the PS/2 spec, so I thought I would ask for some guidance and/or resources.
A couple of questions:
1.) Has anyone done this? If so, how did you go about doing it.
2.) Is there an existing driver? If not, what's the best way to go about creating one and are there resources for the PS/2 spec?
3.) Would it be easier to use USB instead of PS/2?
My understanding of the PS/2 interface (what little I have) has come from interfacing a keyboard with the Prop using the existing drivers, but with this project, I want to go from the Prop to the Keyboard input on the computer. I think that's enough to start with. Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions or pointers are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jason
PS: As an interesting aside, part of this project might include designing a binary keyboard for my girlfriend's father. As a result of a childhood accident he's blind and missing both hands. A challenge to be sure, but my thought was to use a three button interface (1, 0 and <enter>) to input binary ASCII codes for each letter along with an attached speaker to say the letter after every 8 bits. The <enter> button is either for an actual enter key, or to send the letter to the computer.
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There's nothing to see down here. Move along...
I'm thinking about working on a project that will require interfacing to a computer via the PS/2 port. I'm not familiar with the PS/2 spec, so I thought I would ask for some guidance and/or resources.
A couple of questions:
1.) Has anyone done this? If so, how did you go about doing it.
2.) Is there an existing driver? If not, what's the best way to go about creating one and are there resources for the PS/2 spec?
3.) Would it be easier to use USB instead of PS/2?
My understanding of the PS/2 interface (what little I have) has come from interfacing a keyboard with the Prop using the existing drivers, but with this project, I want to go from the Prop to the Keyboard input on the computer. I think that's enough to start with. Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions or pointers are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jason
PS: As an interesting aside, part of this project might include designing a binary keyboard for my girlfriend's father. As a result of a childhood accident he's blind and missing both hands. A challenge to be sure, but my thought was to use a three button interface (1, 0 and <enter>) to input binary ASCII codes for each letter along with an attached speaker to say the letter after every 8 bits. The <enter> button is either for an actual enter key, or to send the letter to the computer.
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔
There's nothing to see down here. Move along...