hey, great potential for any DIY controller ... hacker out there, u can design computer game controller for always ON fire button (using on/off switch) & offload your finger from always pressing a particular key... thanks for sharing.
The 3rd set of contacts on the left probably has inputs for the Shift, Ctrl and Alt keys. If you carefully short the right combinations of these while shorting the others, you'll get still more inputs (85 x 3 = 255 possible inputs). Have fun!
I think I might use this system to build a motion sensing grid in my house..
if you map the keys correctly theres no reason why you couldnt have a few dozen motion sensors hooked up to keystroke combinations and then use the data to track movement thorough your house.. nice vid thanks for the idea..
What's not too clear in video: the contacts work as a grid. Draw 17 horizontal lines on a piece of paper, then crosshatch with 5 vertical lines. Now, as you short one of the 5 with one of the 17 on the PC board, write the letter you get where the lines cross. You now have a complete map of your inputs. This design maximizes the number of inputs (85) for a minimum of contacts (22). And that's how that works! Hope it helps,
the videos kind of slow moving and youre looking away alot, so id assume you just need to loosen up and wing it more than you did. video quality is real good thou and i can understand exactly how to set up a controller right away from it.
i get how it works since computers compute in one's and zeros so a combonation of the pins equal a series of ones and zeros
MrJustbecuase 1 year ago
u cN SEE UR RESTING ON THE T KEY!LOL GREAT JOB.!
etgon 1 year ago
Awesome, thanks!
xtreet2 1 year ago
hey, great potential for any DIY controller ... hacker out there, u can design computer game controller for always ON fire button (using on/off switch) & offload your finger from always pressing a particular key... thanks for sharing.
harttiff 2 years ago
Wow... this is giving me SO many ideas. Awesome video, man.
Packrat559 2 years ago
Is this like a usual HID-interface?
OSKARSCHOLANDER 2 years ago
Yes
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JuligJars 2 years ago
awsome i watched half of the video and then i just had to try it out
franfred11 3 years ago
This was incredibly useful, thanks!
laux0083 3 years ago
great help!
way to go...
keep posting
Shikharprasad 3 years ago
The 3rd set of contacts on the left probably has inputs for the Shift, Ctrl and Alt keys. If you carefully short the right combinations of these while shorting the others, you'll get still more inputs (85 x 3 = 255 possible inputs). Have fun!
CMF
cmfairbank 4 years ago
there are more than 255 possible inputs..
your forgetting all the 3 Key combinations like
Ctrl+alt+enter etc
and the uppercase keys.
I think I might use this system to build a motion sensing grid in my house..
if you map the keys correctly theres no reason why you couldnt have a few dozen motion sensors hooked up to keystroke combinations and then use the data to track movement thorough your house.. nice vid thanks for the idea..
2Shye 3 years ago
What's not too clear in video: the contacts work as a grid. Draw 17 horizontal lines on a piece of paper, then crosshatch with 5 vertical lines. Now, as you short one of the 5 with one of the 17 on the PC board, write the letter you get where the lines cross. You now have a complete map of your inputs. This design maximizes the number of inputs (85) for a minimum of contacts (22). And that's how that works! Hope it helps,
CMF
cmfairbank 4 years ago
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sk8ter1962 4 years ago
I don't get it??? What are you doing???... still looks great :P
ijoly 4 years ago
palm pilot, palm pilot, palm pilot!
jasonofcompsci 4 years ago
this is great. i'll take the idea to control jesusonic.
decodine 4 years ago
nice, going to make my own controller for a nintendo emu. Tried before but didn't have the balls to start probing the circuit. So Ya. Good vid.
Qbasic8 4 years ago
what is the maximum amount of switches you can connect to the keyboard circuit - is it just all the buttons on a keyboard?
KeyboardGez 4 years ago
the videos kind of slow moving and youre looking away alot, so id assume you just need to loosen up and wing it more than you did. video quality is real good thou and i can understand exactly how to set up a controller right away from it.
homebrewalright 4 years ago
thats pretty rad.
homebrewalright 4 years ago