Re: Keyboard and Video interfacing


"Abstract Dissonance" <Abstract.Dissonance@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I was thinking about trying to do a project that involves a PC keyboard(and
maybe mouse) and possibly a PC video monitor.

Can someone point me in the right direction to get started? I'd like
basicaly to "sense" or "transform" information between the data paths of
the pc and these devices... the keyboard one is sorta like a data logger
type of thing but actually is something else.

I'm sure the PS/2 port for the keyboard/mouse is very easy to handle but
what I'm woried about is for USB keyboards... not sure if the protocol is
standardized... if so then it should be pretty easy to interface using a
PIC that supports USB?

http://www.beyondlogic.org/keyboard/keybrd.htm

This might be of use for the keyboard side of things.


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