Hey everyone,
I could need some help with decisions and which parts to buy.
What I want to do is:
- Connect a usual USB-Keyboard to Arduino and read the input.
- Connect the arduino to another pc (via usb) and output keycodes
What I found are articles about how to make an arduino act as HID device and how to connect a USB keyboard to arduino (lost the link unfortunately).
I switched to a Dvorak-Keyboard-Layout recently and I really like it. But at my work as IT-Support\Admin I often have to use Computers with a QWERTZ or QWERTY layout. This really slows me down.
So here is the plan:
- Connect my USB-Keyboard with Dvorak-Layout to arduino.
- Connect Arduino to Computer via USB.
- Press a button for choosing if I want to type in QWERTZ or QWERTY
- Use my keyboard as usual in Dvorak while Arduino "translates" my Keystrokes to Keycodes of the Letters I want to type in the chosen Layout.
This way I could use a Dvorak-Keyboard without changing or installing anything at the Computer.
What I need help with is the following:
- Do I get it right that I need a USB-Shield and a USB-Host-Library to read input from keyboard?
- Do I get it right that I have to change the Firmware of Arduino Uno or Atmega 2560 to make it work?
- Is there an arduino which has one of the features above already preset?
- Do 1. and 2. Point work together?
- Does anyone have experiences with that and could give advices?
- Any recommendations on which parts to buy?
I think I will be fine about the coding. I like to try stuff out until it works. But I am not really good in circuits.
While waiting for your advice I will try to get it done myself. In case I get it working, I will share how.
Looking forward to discuss this with you!