piKey — A PSP Keyboard Driver

[DarthPaul]

Damn Amazing!

[jaws365]

Horray! Now C64 emulationcan be of serious use, thanks :-)

So I need a IR keyboard, are these available separat or do I need to buy and open a Palm?

[Cloudhunter]

i hate this misconception about the PSP not being able to act as a "host" to usb devices... if that were true then there would be a lot of pissed off PSP-290 (GPS), ChottoShot and Talkman owners... of course the psp can recognize devices through the USB otherwise these items would not exist! We just need to figure out HOW to access them. Deniska has done a great job at getting the PSP-290 data calls worked into his MapThis! program, and I'm sure that finding a way to access other devices is just around the corner... great job on this though and i'm really looking forward to testing this out... once I figure a way ;D

It isn't a misconception. The PSP-290, ChottoShot and Talkman act as host devices to the PSP... That is why they cannot be plugged into a PC.

USB keyboard support is way off... If it ever comes at all, as I believe it's impossible.

Cloudy

[Avi]

Does anyone know of any Serial I/O keyboards? I've tryed to look for some but I couldn't find anything.

[Apoklepz]

Does this mean Game pad compatibility like PS2 and Xbox controllers without having to mod the PSP or using a PC as an IR host?

[Fanjita]

nice work!!! i have a usb-f to mini usb-m adapter so im gonna wait for usb support. keep up the great work!

Might be waiting a long long time...

i hate this misconception about the PSP not being able to act as a "host" to usb devices...

Not a misconception at all, just a proper understanding of how the USB protocol works. The PSP is not capable of hosting USB devices. The ones that work with it were specifically designed for the PSP, and act as the USB host.

It might be possible to make some sort of adapter that acts as a host to both a peripheral, and a PSP - but you would then need significant amounts of driver software for any device you want to connect.

Was this originally part of 0x89 and are there any other components of 0x89 that you plan on releasing as plugins for Dark_AleX's custom firmware?

This is nothing to do with 0x89. I can't speak on harleyg's behalf about any other 0x89 components that might be released.

I will be talking to Alex about whether this can be released as an official component of OE.

[hatrix]

I have a universal palm ir keypad. It works in the testing program, but not all keys work. q,w,e,r,t,y are all not responding (on the keypad these keys have a symbol on it) and all other letter keys work. Directional buttons does not work properly, and it actually made my psp semi-bricked when i press left in the testing program >_>. I don't think any number keys work, and I have not really tried other keys.

This driver does not really work in other situation in the PSP (such as the system profile as suggested in the readme). When I tried to press a key, it seems to be regonizing it as 10 keys keyed in at the same time, and you will see the on screen keypad do a 360 scroll thru a bunch of keys before settling on one letter, and it is not the letter key I pressed. Directional buttons does not work in XMB, at least not properly. (note I have set my setting to 20)

And since it made my psp semi bricked (actually with the plugin on, I can't go to XMB) I will wait till a more complete and stable version to come out before I try again.

Anyhow, this is what I have been waiting for. My dream of making my PSP a all-mighty-powerful machine is one step closer now >: D

[wiredforpower]

sweet!! I'm gonna try to find a USB Adapter for this

[watupgroupie]

Can someone please tell me whether this keyboard is IR or not i tried it but it won't work. Is there something i have to edit in the config file or something?http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mo...s.aspx?pid=057

[mavsman4457]

Just so you guys know, I think you can buy IR keyboards for usually $10 or less so it won't be a problem attaining one.