Posted by Brian on 17, 2000 at 3:06 PM:
In Reply to: Keyboard Hack Questions posted by Larry on 17, 2000 at 2:10 PM:
Hey Larry. Sorry i didn't get back to you on this question before. What I did, when I ran into this situation with my milar and how it attached to the keyboard pcb, is, instead of trying to stick something in the slots on the pcb where the mylar goes and hope that it stayed in place, i flipped the pcb over and found the solder points for the slots on the back of the pcb. I then soldered wires to each of these points and ran the wires to terminal blocks. This way I knew the wires were perminantly attached to the pcb and weren't going anywhere and i could also make changes to my buttons if needed by using the terminal blocks. A word of caution though. MAKE SURE YOU USE A MULTIMETER TO CHECK THE SOLDER CONNECTIONS AFTER YOU ARE DONE! Make sure none of the solder connections run over to the one next to it or it will short out the pcb or even worse, the motherboard. Hope this helps a little. Good Luck!
Game on!! Brian
: I reciently purchased a Qtronix USB Keyboard. I thought that if I hack a usb keyboard with built in PS2 port I could avoid the need for a keyboard splitter. I took apart the keyboard and found that the keyboard consisted of a Mylar circuit board that went into a slot simalar to what you would find on the motherboard of a computer to slide a Modem Card into. This is not what I expected. I thought I would have something to soider to. It looks to me like the only way to connect to this is to slide the 26 wires into the slot and hope they do not come out. I am sure others have experienced this because I found a picture simaler to what I experienced at http://www.arcadecontrols.speedhost.com/arcade_brian.html.
: To sum it up, I am not sure how to connect the wires to the keyboard. Any help would be appreciated along with any information on the key Matrix for the qtronix keyboard. If I am sucessful in building the Joystick, I promise to take and send pictures along with the Matrix when I am finished.