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    Default USB Keyboard

    This feels like deep water to me. I 'd like to develop a small keyboard that will send to the PC specific characters when buttons are pressed.

    In short it will be a stripped keyboard with much less keys (F1-F12, number 1-8 and another 8 capital letters).

    Can PBP support such a function? Found for mouse but not a working keyboard emulation.

    Prefer to use 4550 or 45K50 chips.

    Thanks,
    Ioannis

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    Default Re: USB Keyboard

    I do believe there is a sub-category in the HID USB category specific to keyboards. Each key has its own command code. If you enumerate as a keyboard, it is just using what has already been developed.

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    Default Re: USB Keyboard

    The easy part is to first verify the mouse code emulates correctly when connected to the PC. This ensures the skeleton is a working one.

    The not so easy thing to do is to get the Descriptor tables for the keyboard matched to what is expected by the PC. Once you have that, it's just a matter of reading/writing to the USB system every mS or so.

    Suggest you look for the 'Descriptor Tool' DT.EXE which will help you build the descriptor table. However, you will need to adjust the tables for PBP

    Good luck

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    Default Re: USB Keyboard

    I have some code (based on something found on the forum I'm sure) that does USB keyboard emulation.
    Letters and numbers I know works but I don't think I implemented F1-F12 etc. I'll dig it out and post it if you're interested.

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    Oh, you naughty aerostar! I guess alzheimer is knocking my door...

    Too much info on this USB mess... Lost the links I kept in case I needed them back.

    Thanks people for the info.

    Henrik, if you find your test code, please do post it. Will save me some time I am sure.

    Ioannis

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