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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: milh_cbt on Sat, 28 May 2011, 20:37:43

Title: usb controller
Post by: milh_cbt on Sat, 28 May 2011, 20:37:43: I'm creating my own keyboard for working on sofa. my question what is good and resonable price for USB keyboard controller?
it should be switchable between dvorak and qwerty.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63428841@N04/5770093358/in/photostream (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63428841@N04/5770093358/in/photostream)
Title: usb controller
Post by: hemflit on Sun, 29 May 2011, 03:53:05: Nice plate, but will it be a lot of work to move your hand to the arrow keys and back all the time?

Today, for a project like yours I would not even consider anything other than a Teensy (http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/). Which is to say $16.

But hey, check this (http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=15) out too.
Title: usb controller
Post by: Ascaii on Sun, 29 May 2011, 04:01:34: ill second the teensy. I love the idea, please keep posting your progress with the mod.
Title: usb controller
Post by: hasu on Sun, 29 May 2011, 04:08:50: Nice metal work!

I recommend PJRC's Teensy++ board in order for ease of wiring and programming.
Following is a list of keyboard project on AVR taht you can look into.

PJRC USB Keyboard/Mouse Example
http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/usb_keyboard.html
http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/usb_mouse.html
kbupgrade
http://github.com/rhomann/kbupgrade
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:8406
c64key
http://symlink.dk/projects/c64key/
rump
http://mg8.org/rump/
http://github.com/clee/rump
dulcimer
http://www.schatenseite.de/dulcimer.html
humblehacker-keyboard
http://github.com/humblehacker
http://www.humblehacker.com/keyboard/
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:6292
ps2avr
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ps2avr/
and mine
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:11930
http://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard
Title: usb controller
Post by: hemflit on Sun, 29 May 2011, 12:40:45: What that post right above needs is a Like button.