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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>OK, looks like there is definitely enough interest
for 10-20 units. My current plan is probably an
atmel AT90S2313 or pic 16C84 for brains plus a MAX232 part as
a serial driver. Should be a very small box. I need to dig out the
pinout for the fluke keyboard port and see if I am going to require an external
power source for this and the keyboard.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh the reason for the probability of the PIC over
the atmel is that I can build a parallel port pic programmer for next to nothing
and have two books on pics. I have nothing on the atmel parts at this
time. I am completely welcome to pointers though.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And a couple people asked what I was doing the
schems / layout in. I will be upfront, this is my first "real" project so
up to now I just have hacked my way through. So ideas there also welcomed
:)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=davids@oz.net href="mailto:davids@oz.net">David Shoemaker</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=techtoolslist@flippers.com
href="mailto:techtoolslist@flippers.com">techtoolslist@flippers.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 01, 2003 10:59
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Fluke 9100 keyboard adapter
(call for interest)</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am working on a small black box to be connected
between a PC style keyboard and the 9100 keyboard port to convert the PC scan
codes to the required serial.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What I want to know is how many people would like
one and if you would be willing to pay (at a wild guess) $20 for it. I
am betting there won't be enough demand to have PC boards made up for them so
they will be perf board assembled.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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