Pre-Announcement: FIGkeys 1.1 PS/2 interface for £10.

[Julian Skidmore]

Hi folks,

Perhaps lots of people will like this!

Now that FIGkeys 1.1 has been designed and the firmware proved, I'd
like to gauge how much interest there is in buying the proper PS/2 to
FIGgypad interface. Here's the features:

1. Kit should cost <£10 +P&P to end customers (TBC).
2. Kit contains a programmed ATTINY24 + Cap + Shield headers + PS2 interface.
3. Build time estimate: <30 mins.
4. Keys are user-reprogrammable for different countries.
5. Four free I/O pins on the board.
6. Firmware is fully parallel FIGgypad output happens concurrently
with PS/2 input.

If there's over 52 people interested then the first batch of 100 is
viable. I should be able to order the full set of parts in the near
future and it may be possible (no promises) to deliver by Christmas!

-cheers from Julz

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[bria...@tiscali.co.uk]

Hi Julian
Yes count me in on a PS2 interface .
Let me know about payment.

Thanks
Brian

[Michael Wills & Daniela Kaelble]

Hi Julian,

will this work with any Fignition? If so we have 2 here so would definitely
be interested.


Michael

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Subject: Pre-Announcement: FIGkeys 1.1 PS/2 interface for �10.


Hi folks,

Perhaps lots of people will like this!

Now that FIGkeys 1.1 has been designed and the firmware proved, I'd
like to gauge how much interest there is in buying the proper PS/2 to
FIGgypad interface. Here's the features:

1. Kit should cost <�10 +P&P to end customers (TBC).

2. Kit contains a programmed ATTINY24 + Cap + Shield headers + PS2
interface.
3. Build time estimate: <30 mins.
4. Keys are user-reprogrammable for different countries.
5. Four free I/O pins on the board.
6. Firmware is fully parallel FIGgypad output happens concurrently
with PS/2 input.

If there's over 52 people interested then the first batch of 100 is
viable. I should be able to order the full set of parts in the near
future and it may be possible (no promises) to deliver by Christmas!

-cheers from Julz

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[Pascal COURTOIS]

Hi,

I would buy 2 x FIGkeys when available......

Regards.

2013/11/25 Julian Skidmore <theorigi...@gmail.com>

[carl]

Yes Please, I will have one.

[Stuart Taylor]

+1 here

Stuart

[Julian Skidmore]

Hi guys,

That's great so far! Will FIGkeys work with any FIGnition? FIGkeys has
an arduino shield format. It could be possible to rig a RevD to
FIGkeys, by connecting J5bottom J5top, J6top and J6bottom to the
FIGkey outputs. Conveniently (ish), the only other connection is close
to SW2. I suppose it's possible I could add solder pad to the FIGkeys
1.1 board to make it easier to connect to a RevD. I don't think I'd
support RevC though.

-cheers from Julz

[Ron Hale-Evans]

Hi Jules,

I want one, although I can't buy one right away.

Thanks for all your hard work and design.

Ron

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[carl]

there is a full revD method here, Julz will have to check that his connections are the same, but the principle is there.

 https://sites.google.com/site/figgipad/revd-mod

[JESSON SEAN]

Hi Julian,

I've spectacularly failed to find time to put together a kit that I bought from Carl that does something similar. I feel that I should build the kit that I have got before buying something else - sorry!

If Robbie and I get the other kit working over Xmas then we may get one of your kits later.

Cheers,

Sean

[Julian Skidmore]

Hi Sean,

It's no problem, FIGkeys 1.1 is a collaboration with Carl and a few others anyway.

-cheers julz

[Gregory Carlson]

Count me in too.

Greg

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[Julian Skidmore]

Hi Dave & others,

Google checkout has been shut down I'm afraid. This means that Paypal is the preferred method until I sort out an alternative :-) !

-cheers julz

[Thomas Bjørn Andersen]

Count me in as well :-)

/Thomas

[Luke Crook]

I'll take one. 

[Clive Brotchie]

Count me in too please. Clive

[juha kivekas]

+1 for me!

[David]

Count me in please Julz.

[david richards]

Greetings all, I've got my FigKeys working now, its a vast improvement on the buttons and its even better than the Arduino serial input method because the response is much faster. I like the shift enter feature, Its easier than ^J.

One little problem however. I had already soldered the sil sockets onto my Fignition board in a way which is incompatible with the FigKeys connectors. I saved the day by having the FigKeys mounted on top of the fignition by using some long PCB pins I already had.

Ss watch out if you do as I did,m you may need to use some wires if you dont read the instructions before you start. In fact I don't recall there being any instruction on how to mount the Fignition SIL sockets, I just made it look like an Arduino.

 

btw, is there any serial interpretation available on the FigKeys software? it could be useful to be able to send keys from the PC etc.

I couldn't find an old PS2 keyboard but the Asus USB Model:62000C with an adapter plug is working just fine apart from the fact that its a USA layout. I don't understand the instructions how to remap the keys either but that's no great problem - I'm used it it like it is.

This is a picture showing the tiny monitor in use with Fignition, its non too clear, the monitor just doesnt have enough pixels.. The white lilne down the left appears on this and on an LCD TV monitor. DO other people see this line too?

hth David.

[Neil Macmillan]

Hi Julian,

Yes please! 

If/when you get around to doing FigKeys 1.1, I'd like to buy two.

Best Regards

Neil

 

On Monday, November 25, 2013 1:47:25 PM UTC, Julz wrote:

[Julian Skidmore]

Hi Neil,

FIGkeys 1.1 is the version that's been available for a while now :-)

https://sites.google.com/site/libby8dev/figkeys

There's a later thread which talks about it:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/fignition/FIGkeys/fignition/kEUcfhnMV7I/WTkKKrhcxEcJ

It's called 1.1 because 1.0 was the earlier version Carl and Oleg had been working on. I gather from that thread you've already bought one, but there are still some more in stock.

-cheers from Julz

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