FIGKeys

As you can see, it's amazingly simple and can be built in under 30 minutes!

It's also amazingly cheap, at £9.50 (+P&P) A lot of effort was made to reduce the firmware requirements so that the simplest possible hardware can be used whilst still providing a full set of features:

• • Reprogrammable for international keyboard layouts using just a PS/2 keyboard itself!

  • A duplicate header row for stacking other sheilds.

  • The PS/2 connector is placed between FIGnition's Phono Sockets.

  • The PCB can be made as a DIY home-made PCB!

  • The firmware makes full use of a PS/2s keyboard's typeahead buffer, if FIGnition can't keep up with the typing, FIGkeys will buffer up keys until it catches up!

FIGkeys is complete and available now along with the instructions; and in due course; the source code and circuit diagram will be released with an open-source licence (GPL3 and OSH).

Buy-It

For both UK and International orders, the best way to buy FIGkeys 1.1 is through Paypal. All you need to do is log in; make a payment to TheOriginalSnial@gmail.com; make it clear you're ordering a FIGkeys kit and supply your address.

FIGkeys is costed at £9.50 + Postage given by the UK Royal Mail price finder according to whether you want standard or recorded/signed-for delivery. I'm perfectly happy if you send the money in your local currency, but I always set the price based on today's exchange rate from the BBC. Examples in GBP are given below (correct as of April 2013):

If you want to order more than one FIGkeys internationally, please email me first for a quote, as shipping costs will be much more cost effective and I charge shipping at cost price.

Kit Contents

When FIGkeys is sold, in all cases, FIGkeys is supplied as a kit. You'll get a remittance slip to say thanks for buying FIGkeys including the circuit board; all the components and its AVR Microcontroller (which will be pre-programmed). Note: you won't get a PS/2 keyboard, you're expected to use one of your own :-) !

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