Laptop Trackpad
sharpie
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I broke one of my laptops..· So I decided to part it out and when I pulled the trackpad and noticed there are only 4 pins on the interface...· Anyone familiar with these, and the possibility of hooking it up as an input device?· Mine is from a Toshiba Portege R100.· I can post some more details if anyone thinks it'd help.·
Post Edited (sharpie) : 7/5/2006 10:54:47 AM GMT
Post Edited (sharpie) : 7/5/2006 10:54:47 AM GMT
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From what I understand the four 4 pins correspond to a standard mouse interface.
Mouse info here.
www.ardent-tool.org.uk/ohland/keyboard.html
You would need to trace out the data lines.
I have heard of people connecting these devices to a standard serial port.
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Perfection in design is not achieved when there is nothing left to add.
It is achieved when there is nothing left to take away.
That is what I was hoping.. I suppose it can't hurt to trace out +/- on it, I'll start with the mobo..
I'll post my results if anyone's interested. Seems to me it'd be a pretty nifty input device if it's as easy as hooking it to the mouse port...
Thanks for the input PLJack!
Of course we are interested!
Please post success or failure.
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- - - PLJack - - -
Perfection in design is not achieved when there is nothing left to add.
It is achieved when there is nothing left to take away.