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I was wishing the GKOS keyboard could be used on the N900. It has some documentation on using hardware keyboards that might or might not be useful. Its info pages are easy to find.
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2012-07-10
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Thanks. That's interesting. How quickly does someone learn to type with that and what is the average words per minute?
I'm actually tempted to just wire the 4 keys from the keyboard contacts with some ribbon, as I found the schematic for a simple conductive pcb button set up, that I think I can adjust and then hack/cast a new keyboard in silicone....as I only need 6 or 7 working keys.
I'm actually tempted to just wire the 4 keys from the keyboard contacts with some ribbon, as I found the schematic for a simple conductive pcb button set up, that I think I can adjust and then hack/cast a new keyboard in silicone....as I only need 6 or 7 working keys.
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Originally Posted by tonypercy
Could you build a GKOS bluetooth keyboard into a modded back cover, thus preserving the precious qwerty keyboard?
Thanks. That's interesting. How quickly does someone learn to type with that and what is the average words per minute?
I'm actually tempted to just wire the 4 keys from the keyboard contacts with some ribbon, as I found the schematic for a simple conductive pcb button set up, that I think I can adjust and then hack/cast a new keyboard in silicone....as I only need 6 or 7 working keys.
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2012-07-11
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Originally Posted by mrsellout
I actually want to mod the keyboard though. Else I would have to use the screen. Of course I could just use the screen. Though it goes against my nature to make life easy for myself. Anyhoo bluetooth is a battery drain.
Could you build a GKOS bluetooth keyboard into a modded back cover, thus preserving the precious qwerty keyboard?
Polling a microSD NFC card might be an answer...though that looks like more work than it's worth....
I do wonder if wiring the buttons through the microSD card on a modded back cover would be the answer....seeing the MMC controller pins are convertable to GPIO pins. Meaning there are 6 available easily contactable GPIO pins, static protected and a 3.3V power supply -- so says the wiki.
http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_Hardware_Hacking#MMC_card
So that would work for GKOS too. If I read that right.
(In other random Google search related news -- Crownhill Associates down the road from me seem to do some interesting stuff...http://www.crownhill.co.uk/)
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2012-07-11
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Originally Posted by tonypercy
Good question. I have a feeling the speed is pathetic compared to what someone could do with a real keyboard. I have put some effort into learning the system for perhaps a month and I doubt I can do over 10 wpm yet, whereas I was touch typing about 40 wpm after a weekend of diligent practice.
Thanks. That's interesting. How quickly does someone learn to type with that and what is the average words per minute?
Astute practitioners can type relatively quickly with one hand, which is something I bet not many touch typists can do well.
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Originally Posted by geneven
That's why I'm a fan of mnemonic systems like Cykey, 20 to 30 minutes to learn, 40wpm in a week one handed. (I'm guessing you already had used a qwerty keyboard for some time before the weekend of getting up to 40wpm?)
Good question. I have a feeling the speed is pathetic compared to what someone could do with a real keyboard. I have put some effort into learning the system for perhaps a month and I doubt I can do over 10 wpm yet, whereas I was touch typing about 40 wpm after a weekend of diligent practice.
Astute practitioners can type relatively quickly with one hand, which is something I bet not many touch typists can do well.
I have considered so many possible input methods you'd laugh. And if you'll indulge the mixed metaphor -- thinking that is not only out of the box, but that it voids the warranty. I should write my notes up and publish I guess, might be of interest to some random person.
Anyhoo -- I am kicking myself that I didn't notice the MMC Card before...considering I've stared at it so many times.
So the next question to answer...has anyone modded the MMC to act as GPIO pins?
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These will need to support 4 touch/press instances.
How could they be wired into the device?
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