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Re: Twiddler-1 conversion to USB?

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The twiddler is a proprietary serial connection. it is standards speeds with
standard pinouts, but proprietary data I believe. So you could get it to
work using a USB to serial adapter to plug into the USB port, but it would
still be a serial device. To get it to PS/2 you would need to have fun with
a microcontroller to convert the twiddler data into standard ps/2 format
data.

Then again, since it is serial, you can also get a serial to bluetooth
adapter and connect it wirelessly as a bluetooth serial device.. Of course
you need power too.

-Bryan Hurley

On 6/29/07, Harmon Seaver <> wrote:
>
>   I just dug out my Twiddler, haven't played with it for years. It's
> the old style, not a #2, and has the old PC din connectors, although I
> added PS2 adapters on those. Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone has rewired
> theirs for USB?
>   Since the DIN connector is just for power, and the actual key codes
> go through the serial connector it seems doable, maybe even just with
> PS2 to USB adapters and a serial to USB adapter, but that also would be
> pretty clutzy. Much better to totally rewire the thing, if I had a
> schematic for doing it????
>
> --
> Harmon Seaver
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<div>The twiddler is a proprietary serial connection. it is standards speeds with standard pinouts, but proprietary data I believe. So you could get it to work using a USB to serial adapter to plug into the USB port, but it would still be a serial device. To get it to PS/2 you would need to have fun with a microcontroller to convert the twiddler data into standard ps/2 format data.
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<div>Then again, since it is serial, you can also get a serial to bluetooth adapter and connect it wirelessly as a bluetooth serial device.. Of course you need power too.</div>
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<div>-Bryan Hurley<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/29/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Harmon Seaver</b> <<a href="mailto:"></a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">  I just dug out my Twiddler, haven't played with it for years. It's<br>the old style, not a #2, and has the old PC din connectors, although I
<br>added PS2 adapters on those. Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone has rewired<br>theirs for USB?<br>  Since the DIN connector is just for power, and the actual key codes<br>go through the serial connector it seems doable, maybe even just with
<br>PS2 to USB adapters and a serial to USB adapter, but that also would be<br>pretty clutzy. Much better to totally rewire the thing, if I had a<br>schematic for doing it????<br><br>--<br>Harmon Seaver<br><br>_______________________________________________
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