17 May
2020
17 May
'20
3 p.m.
Well there is never any harm in publishing this kind of work!
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Paul Koning via
cctalk
Sent: 17 May 2020 22:13
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: LK201 emulation
Gentlepeople,
I've been having problems with broken LK201s, so as a workaround I created
an
adapter that connects to a standard PC USB keyboard
and makes it look like
an
LK201. It's based on an Arduino (specifically,
Adafruit Trinket M0, an
amazingly
tiny yet powerful small microprocessor).
It's working at this point, though it needs a few small software tweaks to
make
it complete. I'm going to turn my breadboard into
something slightly more
polished.
Question to the list: is this something that would be of interest to
others? If
yes,
I can make the design available. Perhaps the PCB
layout and parts list.
I don't
think I want to get into building units for others,
though.
paul