[Techtoolslist] 9100 keyboard...

[Martin White]

Ok, I've fixed the links.

Seems to be a problem with the current version of RapidWeaver so I've just fixed them by hand.

On 13 Mar 2010, at 13:53, Martin White wrote:


> Eek! Thanks for reporting the links. I had no idea they were dead. I need to look into why as the website hasn't move in all the time it's been up there. I bet one of my site updates overwrote the whole file space instead of merging it.

> 

> The article does say that the code was originally written for the 16F84 and I later switched to a PIC that supported in-cicuit debugging so yeah, I should say you'd have no problems with a 16F84. It's all in the article ;)

> 

> Martin.

> 

> On 13 Mar 2010, at 13:41, David Fish wrote:

> 

>> 

>>> 1. I ended up disconnecting the LEDs on my adapter. I think I popped the

>> fuse in my 9100 and couldn't be bothered to investigate. The LEDs ended up

>>> annoying me anyway and I found I didn't need them. Not difficult to tell

>> when caps is on. If there's an obvious error in the design then let me know

>> and >I'll modify it.

>> 

>> Your schematic doesn't show any current limiting resistors for the LEDs.

>> This might have been part of the reason they popped the fuse. Unless they

>> were integral to the LEDs...

>> 

>> Is the code archived anywhere? All the links are dead. I stopped building

>> mine just before the coding phase, when I picked up a real Fluke keyboard.

>> Someday I'd like to finish it up. It sounds like your code should drop right

>> into a 16F84 easily enough.

>> 

>> Dave

>> 

>> -----Original Message-----

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>> Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] 9100 keyboard...

>> 

>> Had to do a double take then for a second. I did that ages ago now :)

>> 

>> But since you mention it, it's probably worth me pointing a couple of quick

>> things out.

>> 

>> 1. I ended up disconnecting the LEDs on my adapter. I think I popped the

>> fuse in my 9100 and couldn't be bothered to investigate. The LEDs ended up

>> annoying me anyway and I found I didn't need them. Not difficult to tell

>> when caps is on. If there's an obvious error in the design then let me know

>> and I'll modify it.

>> 

>> 2. I never finished the code. The only thing that is missing is support for

>> the control key. In reality, I've used this for two years now and have never

>> needed the control key. It's functionality was mostly used in terminal

>> emulation mode (i think!). I started to run into problems with code size and

>> having to relocate the code within page boundaries. The reality was, the

>> project was a means to an end. I had a new 9100FT thanks to a kind seller on

>> here and I needed to start using it. As soon as it worked fully, I moved on

>> and started using it!

>> 

>> Despite those two things, like I say I've used the keyboard a fair amount

>> for two years now and have never been told of any problems. Maybe no-one has

>> ever built one? Who knows! I know how many times the code has been

>> downloaded ;)

>> 

>> Hopefully someone will find some use in it. 

>> 

>> I know the guy that came and fitted the hands free kit for my phone in my

>> BMW got a little sheepish when he started to tell me that the steering wheel

>> integration was just a PIC micro-controller in a box sending keystrokes down

>> an interface and he knocked a lot of money off for me! 

>> 

>> I would have loved to have knocked up some little PCBs to make it more

>> robust but I just didn't know where to start.

>> 

>> Enjoy,

>> Martin.

>> 

>> On 13 Mar 2010, at 00:36, John Robertson wrote:

>> 

>>> Well, a long time ago several of us were trying to make an adapter so we

>> could use a PC compatable keyboard with our programmable 9100's - but never

>> finished the job...Tom Gudder did and has bared all on his web page:

>>> 

>>> http://www.guddler.co.uk/f9100/9100key.html

>>> 

>>> Thanks Martin!

>>> 

>>> John :-#)#

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