[NTLK] newt keyboard USB adapter

Dennis Swaney romad at aol.com
Thu Sep 13 17:09:40 EDT 2012


Apple disabled the ability to use an USB keyboard with that adapter (part
of the iPad Camera Connection Kit) in iOS 5. After September 19th we can
see if it is back in iOS 6.

On Thursday, September 13, 2012, Andrei Chichak wrote:

>
> On 2012-September-13, at 8:20 AM, joe kallo wrote:
>
> > Hi list,
> >
> > Does anyone know the details of what's happening here?
> >
> > USB Newton Keyboard for iPad<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXCJfMTlV_g>
>
>
> The Newton keyboard puts out its characters as a serial data stream. The
> Arduino is acting as a serial to USB keyboard converter. The thing plugged
> into the side of the iPad is an iPad USB adapter for keyboards and cameras.
> Hardware + software + time = Apple USB keyboard.
>
> Andrei
>
>
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-- 
Sincerely,
Dennis



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