Keyboard output to multiple PC''s with the stamp?
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Thanks for the quick feedback, guys.
Kronos offers a way to hook a keyboard up to it's Dios
microcontroller. On Elabinc, I see a chip to hook up a numeric
keypad. The pak6 is also supposed to allow you to interface a
keyboard. I already have a pak6, so that part is covered.
I didn't see anything on these sites that would allow me to emulate
keyboard input to a pc from the stamp. Did I just miss it? I guess
I can research the protocol, scan codes and key codes .. but I was
hoping for an easier solution. There must be one out there! Maybe
it's even possible to just hack a keyboard?
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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?
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> > 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
Kronos offers a way to hook a keyboard up to it's Dios
microcontroller. On Elabinc, I see a chip to hook up a numeric
keypad. The pak6 is also supposed to allow you to interface a
keyboard. I already have a pak6, so that part is covered.
I didn't see anything on these sites that would allow me to emulate
keyboard input to a pc from the stamp. Did I just miss it? I guess
I can research the protocol, scan codes and key codes .. but I was
hoping for an easier solution. There must be one out there! Maybe
it's even possible to just hack a keyboard?
--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Cramer" <billcramer@a...>
wrote:
>
>
Original Message
> From: "verygrimm2" <robots@t...>
> To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > To UNSUBSCRIBE, just send mail to:
> > basicstamps-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> > from the same email address that you subscribed. Text in the
Subject and
> Body of the message will be ignored.
> >
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> >
> >
>
> 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