Looking for tiny keyboard

Electronegativity

Hi everybody.

I'm thinking of putting together a little computer that will fit in my pocket, and have located everything I need except a suitable keyboard.

What I want is a keyboard like the one on a Sidekick or Blackberry that will plug into a USB or PS/2 port.

Does anyone know where I might find something like that?

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Paul Baker

I dont think you are going to find one with a standard interface, but heres a few I found:

Foldup:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006HYQG/ref=nosim/002-9758537-4785652?n=172282

Non-Foldup:
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?edc=542119
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?ref=CNET&pfp=CNET&product_code=50246255&cm_ven=CNET&cm_cat=&cm_pla=&cm_ite=feed
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?ref=CNET&pfp=CNET&product_code=50233527&cm_ven=CNET&cm_cat=&cm_pla=&cm_ite=feed

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Electronegativity

Thanks Paul.

I followed your links and found this:
geek.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=513143

It's only $7 and looks small enough.

What kind of connector is that though?
It says that it will work with a handspring PDA.
Do you think I could chop it off an wire up a PS/2 plug?

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Paul Baker

No clue, you'd have to investigate, but @ $7 it wouldn't be much of a loss if you cant get it to work.

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Forrest

Here's a 2" x 3" USB QWERTY keyboard for $25.16
www.mp3car.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=104

Or if you're really cheap and/or adventerous - here's a Palm PDA keyboard from Computer Geeks for $0.89
www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=TKB160P&cat=MOU

LoopyByteloose

Palm has a folding keyboard with IRda interface.
The seems the easiest to hack. You could even use it with a BasicStamp if you can decode the serial and keycodes.

I really don't think there is anything generic like the Blackberry or Treo. The alphanumeric keyboards that size tend to be part of an entire system.

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Electronegativity

Thanks Kramer, I'm planning to build it around a 3.5" single board computer and some of them have IRDA interfaces, so that might work out.

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I wonder if this wire is hot...