Keyboard output to multiple PC''s with the stamp?
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Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 3:32 PM
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Keyboard output to multiple PC's with the stamp?
> I'd like to be able to send keyboard output to 2 to 3 pc's using one
> keyboard. Any ideas on the easiest way to accomplish this?
>
> Ideally, I could hook a keyboard to the stamp with a pak6 coprocessor
> and hook the stamp up serially to a pc. Using a vb program, I could
> accept keystrokes through the stamp from the keyboard, and depending
> on which button was pressed, send instructions back to the stamp to
> output a keystroke or a series of keystrokes (like a macro) to the pc
> associated with that button.
>
> Any idea on the best way to send the keystrokes? Buy ir keyboards
> and immitate they keyboard ir output using the stamp? Indirectly
> interface with the pc's ps2 ports from the stamp? Use servos to
> press the buttons? :P Grab some stepper motors and build some
> sliders and make a 3 axis cnc-like hunt and peck machine? :P
>
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www.elabinc.com makes 2 single chip keypad encoders that hook to a Basic
Stamp with only 2 data lines. You can use most any surplus keypad like one
from www.bgmicro.com. This is what I'm using on my 1-wire weather station. I
can eve send you code examples if you like.
Bill Cramer