An Arduino based on the Atmel 32u4 chip, these are required by the Arduino Mouse & Keyboard libraries.
#ARDUINO MINI USB ADAPTER PINOUT HOW TO#
New Years day I had a working Sun Type 5 on my MacBook! How to Build So I found the right plug on MouserĪnd on New Years Eve got to hacking on it. The links provided happened to include the pin-out of the Sun Type 4/5/6 keyboards and some pointers on how Last month I came across an Adafruit tutorial that rekindled my old desire: What I really wanted was to create my own, simple, affordable adapter. Some adventurous souls have created their own adapters, but they seemed overly complicated given the task. Commercially available adapters have been on the market forever, but they typically cost $150+, outside So, for the last 10+ years I've had a dream of converting Sun Type 5 to USB so I can live the dream. The Type 7 was something of a middle-ground, the blocky figure of the Type 5 but it was made with cheap plastics and lacked the heaft of the Type 5. The Type 6 keyboard was available with USB, and thats the keyboard I use every day, but it was sleaked down from the chunky glory that was the Type 5. Sadly, the Sun Type 5 only works with Sun workstations. What's more? It's the UNIX keyboard and the first keyboard I ever fell in love with. It big, heavy, chunky, blocky, and feels wonderful to me. It's my firm belief that the best keyboard in history is the Sun Type 5 UNIX Layout. USB-to-Sun Keyboard Adapter using Arduino Micro