![]() ![]() You can either de-solder the headers on a genuine Micro or use snips to clip off the leads for packaging. The knock-off Micro's on Amazon all have bad reviews, so I'm avoiding them. ![]() As of January 2017 there are no Arduiono Micro's sold without headers. There are several ways you can package this solution. but if you want to build a perminant solution, read on. If you are just playing around with a Sun keyboard, build it on a breadboard and then reclaim the parts for other projects. ![]() Wire it up and then you just need to upload the sketch! Packaging Ideas Lets connect to our Arduino! If you buy the MD-80PL100 I recommended above ( PDF datasheet]), the write mapping will be: Keyboard Plug You also have 3 more wires providing Vcc +5V & Ground plus a single read line for the mouse! (We'll ignore the mouse for now). You'll notice that they keyboard has its own Vcc +5v & Ground as well as a "from keyboard" and "to keyboard". Thanks to Alexander Kurz you can find the Sun Type 4/5/6 Pinout on : ![]() The Sun keyboard uses a Mini-Din 8a connector. A Sun Type 5 Keyboard! (UNIX Layout preferably!).An MD-80PL100 Mini-Din 8a (female) panel connector.A USB Type A to USB Micro B cable to attach the Arduino to your computer.Which you'll need for the Arduino to act as a keyboard adapter An Arduino based on the Atmel 32u4 chip, these are required by the Arduino Mouse & Keyboard libraries.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 ![]()
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