[NTLK] Wacom tablets (was: Okay, that apears to be working, now for the question)

[Blake Hanes]

You guys may want to take a look at the WaxBee project here:
https://code.google.com/p/waxbee/

This project has had some success converting the UD series Wacom Tablets to
USB, and I believe that some of the ADB tablet work has been done as well.

Blake.


On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Davis Remmel <d at visr.me> wrote:

> I actually have some experience with ADB, and I'd love to lend a helping
> hand. A few years ago I reverse/re-engineered the ADB protocol and
> implemented it into an ADB-USB translator with an Arduino (sample code here
> [1]).
>
> Another hacker, Spritesmods, did the same thing with two ATiny ICs [2]. I
> actually find his solution "better", because his dual-controller solution
> lends itself better to the protocol's asynchronicity. However, his method
> translates ADB to USB on the chip (versus the computer's CPU), so it's
> harder to prototype with.
>
> There are a ton of invaluable resources hidden across the web, but the
> bible of ADB is Chapter 8 of "Apple Guide to Macintosh Family Hardware"
> [3]. Smaller resources, such as Technical Note HW01, are easy to find.
>
> If I can lend any assistance, please let me know!
>
> --
> Davis
>
> [1]: https://github.com/davisr/Arduino-ADB
> [2]: http://spritesmods.com/?art=macsearm&page=4
> [3]:
> http://www.archive.org/stream/apple-guide-macintosh-family-hardware/Apple_Guide_to_the_Macintosh_Family_Hardware_2e#page/n325/mode/2up
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 2, 2014, at 6:32 AM, Mark Crutch <mark.crutch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Simon Stapleton wrote:
> >
> > I'm in the process of reverse engineering the protocol used by the ADB
> >> Intuos tablets.  It's slightly[1] more complex than that for the
> Ultrapad /
> >> ArtZ tablets that I worked out a while back, but I'm convinced it's
> >> do-able. That said, I've been convinced it's do-able for some time -
> I've
> >> been titting about with this, on and off, for a couple of years now...
> >>
> >
> >
> > This may be of no help whatsoever, but I recently managed to get my old
> > RS232 serial port Intuos working under Linux care of the drivers and info
> > at these links:
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/linuxwacom/index.php?title=FAQ
> > https://github.com/RoaldFre/wacom_serial5
> > http://www.cipht.net/2011/07/02/wacom_serial-initial-release.html
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1780154
> >
> >
> > Now I know that ADB and RS232 aren't the same thing. Neither is Linux and
> > MacOS. But something there might help to give you a starting point in
> > understanding the Wacom protocol, assuming it's similar at that level. I
> > just hope I'm not sending you on a wild goose chase.
> >
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
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