Can Prop send PS2 keyboard data?

Oldbitcollector (Jeff)

I'm curious if the Prop can output PS2 keyboard data to say my PC to create my own keyboard interfaces?

Oldbit

cgracey

It's possible, but there's no current object I know of that will do this. Someone needs to write one, because you are the Nth person to ask about this.

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Chip Gracey
Parallax, Inc.

TransistorToaster

You need two lines: clock and data. At rest, both clock and data are high. (Double check this, I am 80% sure)

In a nutshell, the format is
1 start bit
8 data bits LSB first
1 parity bit
1 stop bit

The PC samples on falling clock edge, with clock running aorund 10kHz.
When a key is pressed, the scan code is sent. At the release, $f0 + scan code is sent. So for your case its: scancode , f0, scancode. Special characters take up to bytes. You can google out the AT PS/2 scancode table. For XT, there are some differences.