My GP32 Keyboard....

[Steve-O]

Finished making my GP32 Keyboard and it Works Woooo.... Pics arent very good due to camera but the overall quality of the soldering work was amazing hehe best bit of soldering Ive done since chipping my PS2 with a Messiah 2... Heres the pics -

Notice the nice long Cable gives me a total distance of 12 Inches from GP32 to the Keyboard...


Time to go dremel the case to bits

 

[moz]

nice work.

 

[Steve-O]

thanks... wish I could have got better pics

 

[Opsel]

hey really nice

 

[Opsel]

Finished making my GP32 Keyboard and it Works
you say it works ?how have you tested it ? have you already drivers for it :huh: :huh:

 

[Steve-O]

Finished making my GP32 Keyboard and it Works
you say it works ?how have you tested it ? have you already drivers for it :huh: :huh:

The keyboard test utility

 

[zenocha]

nice work

 

[Steve-O]

nice work

Thanks

Wounder if a Joystick mod would be possible... (Like a old Amiga Joystick type) or a Control Pad like the SNES Pad so we could play Snes with all the buttons hehe

 

[extremegamer]

now, how are you supposed to hold this thing? i can't see it being comfortable, put the keyboard on your lap??, i use 2 hands to type, so I can't hold the gp and type at same time unless i do the 1 finger type, which would probably be the only way to type since the thing is so small, so how could this be used on trips, even sitting at your desk, you would probably need something proping up the GP32 to see the screen, especially us non-flu users. maybe if you make a head set, put a head band around your head with a wire sticking out, hang the gp down from the wire eye level and there ya go.

 

[EdZ]

Deja-vu... Someone is working (supposedly) on an xbox controller mod.
And incidently, is there ANYTHING that the keyboard ACTUALLY DOES at the moment. eg.. Is there a rudimentary text editor?

 

[Racemaniac]

wouldn't it be possible to instead of some long cable you would use a very schort and stiff cable , so when holding the keyboard the gp32 is like a screen standing on top of it (like thee GBA SPthat folds open, or an organiser)
cause i can't imagine having to hold the keyboard and then having to manage to put my gp32 in a position so i can see the screen (non flu))

 

[Steve-O]

now, how are you supposed to hold this thing? i can't see it being comfortable, put the keyboard on your lap??, i use 2 hands to type, so I can't hold the gp and type at same time unless i do the 1 finger type, which would probably be the only way to type since the thing is so small, so how could this be used on trips, even sitting at your desk, you would probably need something proping up the GP32 to see the screen, especially us non-flu users. maybe if you make a head set, put a head band around your head with a wire sticking out, hang the gp down from the wire eye level and there ya go.

ill post a pic of "how to" in a min hehe...






New pics of the Chatboard Case that I have modded -

case with chatboard in it and cable out other end -

chatboard closed away in carry case h34r: -

I would stand it like this some how... Im gonna make a GP32 Stand for mine sometime I think...

 

[Opsel]

were can i get a list of all ext. output´s (1-18)

 

[Steve-O]

were can i get a list of all ext. output´s (1-18)

http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/jikorhon/gp32/

in the downloads section I think...

 

[Axeman]

The problem of making this comfortable would be the biggest challenge. Seeing the k/b in the case made me think. What about a mod to the back of the k/b case to allow the gp32 to slot into it so it stands up? Possible?

 

[papapopalung]

some sort of gp32-sp clamshell supermod is needed, methinks...

 

[zenocha]

the problem is there isnt really anything on the gpshell to clip on to

 

[Vimacs]

whats abput some kind of docking station were the power ext and phone plug fit in
so it would stand

 

[DemonStar55]

I was wondering where you get the chatboards from and the connectors from??

how just make something that just connects to the pg32 that snaps over the top

 

[Esn]

Something like this, perhaps:

A lot smaller, of course. Here's an idea; how about having just the hard black end of the cable sticking out of the keyboard at a 65 degree angle or so, so the GP32 will just "plug into it"? No cable at all, just the connector (not sure what it's called) sticking stiffly out of the keyboard.

That way it'll be just like a laptop.

It might not balance, so I guess something could be propped under the gp32 to make it stand up correctly.