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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: matt-taco on Wed, 10 May 2023, 20:28:08

Title: Need help Converting a Keyboard
Post by: matt-taco on Wed, 10 May 2023, 20:28:08

I have two keyboards I want to convert to USB, a Fujitsu Leaf Spring keyboard and a Cherry M7 kb that was liberated from a type writer.

I really just need pointing to any documentation or how to build a converter.

Title: Re: Need help Converting a Keyboard
Post by: Tactile on Wed, 10 May 2023, 22:33:40

Here's (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=17458.0) one way to do it. A search for "soarer's converter" will turn up lots of links of people showing how they did it and youtube videos also.

Title: Re: Need help Converting a Keyboard
Post by: matt-taco on Thu, 11 May 2023, 15:03:38

Quote from: Tactile on Wed, 10 May 2023, 22:33:40

Here's (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=17458.0) one way to do it. A search for "soarer's converter" will turn up lots of links of people showing how they did it and youtube videos also.

I know about Soarer's converter, I built one 6ish years ago.

Really what I need, is wiring a matrix up to a microcontroller like a Teensy 2.0+, and programming it.