RE: General Instruments Capacitive Keyboard Encoder

2021-05-05 Thread Paul Birkel via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: Tony Duell [mailto:ard.p850...@gmail.com] > > On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 8:12 AM Paul Birkel wrote: > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Tony Duell [mailto:ard.p850...@gmail.com] > > > > > > > On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 10:33 AM Paul Birkel via cctalk > >

Re: General Instruments Capacitive Keyboard Encoder

2021-05-05 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 8:12 AM Paul Birkel wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: Tony Duell [mailto:ard.p850...@gmail.com] > > > > > On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 10:33 AM Paul Birkel via cctalk > > > wrote: > > > > > > I'm currently reverse-engineering an AMPEX keyboard that uses capacitiv

RE: General Instruments Capacitive Keyboard Encoder

2021-05-05 Thread Paul Birkel via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: Tony Duell [mailto:ard.p850...@gmail.com] > > > On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 10:33 AM Paul Birkel via cctalk > > wrote: > > > > I'm currently reverse-engineering an AMPEX keyboard that uses capacitive key > > switches. The basic design employs a GI encoder coupled

Re: General Instruments Capacitive Keyboard Encoder

2021-05-04 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 10:33 AM Paul Birkel via cctalk wrote: > > I'm currently reverse-engineering an AMPEX keyboard that uses capacitive key > switches. The basic design employs a GI encoder coupled to an 8039 MCU > supplemented by a 2K EPROM and 74LS373 (used to latch the ROM address set > fro

RE: General Instruments Capacitive Keyboard Encoder

2021-05-04 Thread Paul Birkel via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow > via cctalk > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2021 9:48 AM > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: General Instruments Capacitive Keyboard Encoder > > On 5/4/21 2:33 AM

Re: General Instruments Capacitive Keyboard Encoder

2021-05-04 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 5/4/21 2:33 AM, Paul Birkel via cctalk wrote: I'm currently reverse-engineering an AMPEX keyboard that uses capacitive key switches. did all of the square foil and foam pads disintegrate in it?

General Instruments Capacitive Keyboard Encoder

2021-05-04 Thread Paul Birkel via cctalk
I'm currently reverse-engineering an AMPEX keyboard that uses capacitive key switches. The basic design employs a GI encoder coupled to an 8039 MCU supplemented by a 2K EPROM and 74LS373 (used to latch the ROM address set from Port A while Port A is then used to read data back from the ROM). The