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Barcode scanner interface

SpencerSpencer Posts: 17
edited 2005-11-11 01:19 in BASIC Stamp
I have a barcode scanner with a keyboard wedge/PS2 connection and am interested in interfacing it to my
BS2. Has anyone out there tried this or does anyone have any ideas as to how it could be done.
Thanks.

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2005-11-10 16:25
    Hello,

    ·· Most of these simply send the code values back as characters, as if they were typed on the keyboard.· You would need a chip, such as Al Williams PAK (I forget which one) or the (Discontinued) KeyVerter, or you could use an SX to do this.

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  • SpencerSpencer Posts: 17
    edited 2005-11-10 16:28
    Would an EZKey from Multilabs probably do the trick?
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2005-11-10 22:17
    Yes, it probably would (Forgot that one)!· =)· As I said, it would work as if you were typing keys on a keyboard, so anything that can read a PS/2 keyboard should work fine.


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  • SpencerSpencer Posts: 17
    edited 2005-11-11 01:19
    Thanks for the help Chris, it's appreciated.
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