Re: Twiddler-1 conversion to USB?

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It shouldn't be too hard to remove the cable and build one that goes from
USB to serial and taps the 5v off the usb connection. You will need a
multimeter, extra wire, soldering iron, etc. No harder than bad wiring in a
car or anything else. A pain, definitely.

-Bryan Hurley

On 7/2/07, Harmon Seaver <> wrote:
>
>   Hmm, disregard my last message. I just looked at a pinout of a serial
> to usb adapter
> http://pinouts.ru/SerialPortsCables/usb_serial_adapter_pinout.shtml
>
>   So that obviously isn't going to be that simple. Looks like adapters
> are the only way to go.  8-(
>
>
>
> Bryan Hurley wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> --
> Harmon Seaver
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<div>It shouldn't be too hard to remove the cable and build one that goes from USB to serial and taps the 5v off the usb connection. You will need a multimeter, extra wire, soldering iron, etc. No harder than bad wiring in a car or anything else. A pain, definitely.
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/2/07, <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">  Hmm, disregard my last message. I just looked at a pinout of a serial<br>to usb adapter<br><a href="http://pinouts.ru/SerialPortsCables/usb_serial_adapter_pinout.shtml">
http://pinouts.ru/SerialPortsCables/usb_serial_adapter_pinout.shtml</a><br><br>  So that obviously isn't going to be that simple. Looks like adapters<br>are the only way to go.  8-(<br><br><br><br>Bryan Hurley wrote:<br>
><br>> The twiddler is a proprietary serial connection. it is standards speeds<br>> with standard pinouts, but proprietary data I believe. So you could get<br>> it to work using a USB to serial adapter to plug into the USB port, but
<br>> it would still be a serial device. To get it to PS/2 you would need to<br>> have fun with a microcontroller to convert the twiddler data into<br>> standard ps/2 format data.<br><br>--<br>Harmon Seaver<br><br>
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