PS/2 => serial keyboard (fwd)

[James S. <jsi...@tr...>]

This driver has been placed in CVS. Its pretty cool. You can attach a
ordinary PS/2 keyboard to a handheld ipaq. Thank you ralf for the really
driver and link to the hardware to do this. Please keep us posted with
your developements. 

P.S 
   The linux console project is a project to rewrite the console system.
With the new console system things like multi-desktop systems are
supported. We are in the process of converting all keyboard and mice to
the linux input api. We are also reworking the framebuffer layer to allow
framebuffer devices to work without using a visual console. This allows
for micro kernels on small handheld devices.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 20:56:53 +0200 (CEST)
From: Ralf Ackermann <ra...@sh...>
To: ip...@ha...
Cc: James Simmons <jsi...@tr...>, ra...@ip...
Subject: PS/2 => serial keyboard (fwd)

Hello,

i've finished the work on the ATMEL microcontroller based PS/2 to serial
converter and the Linux keyboard input driver.
	http://www.iptel-now.de/HOWTO/PS2SER/ps2ser.html

It has been successfully tested with an ordinary PS/2 keyboard, a
Twiddler2 and a Wearable Halfkeyboard (thank you, i just got this
delivered from the Matias Corporation).
It works with both a PC as well as an iPAQ running linux.

All the schematics, microcontroller and Linux code are available via the
web page. I'll try to get the Linux code be taken into the official 2.4
kernel source tree.

PS: with just 2 Laipac RF modules it can also be used wireless - that's
why i used the 1200 baud. I will check precautions against multiple
RF-attached devices in an environment though, before i announce it to be
wireless.
	http://www.iptel-now.de/HOWTO/RF_COMMUNICATION/rf_communication.html

regards
 ralf

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Best regards,
 Ralf Ackermann