[OLPC-devel] PS/2 connectors. (CN23)

[Zephaniah E. Hull]

On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 09:15:41PM +0530, Cherian George wrote:
> I tried to find this connector but it was not being sold as a single unit.
> There seems to be a picture of this type of connector at
> http://www.computer-engineering.org/ps2protocol/

Actually, the SDL connector is something a bit different, it's the
connector used by old IBM Model M keyboards to connect the cable to the
keyboard itself.
> 
> I am quite sure that tyco manufactures this kind of connector.
> 
> I got myself a ps/2 ($1) female plug and a 6 core cable to utilize cn23.

Ah, it looks like I'll be able to take a slightly different approach,
but that's not a bad way to go.
> 
> By the way which are  the touch pad pins you mentioned?

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Notes_on_using_the_OLPC_developer_boards

According to that pins 1 and 2 are TP data and clock, used for the
mouse/touchpad as opposed to the keyboard.

Regards.
Zephaniah E. Hull.
> 
> Regards,
> Cherian.
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/27/06, Zephaniah E. Hull <warp at aehallh.com> wrote:
> >
> >Not being all that handy with a soldering iron, does anyone have a
> >source for a nice connector to take the port at CN23 to two stand
> >minidin6 jacks?  One on the touchpad pins would work as well.
> >
> >Thanks.
> >Zephaniah E. Hull.
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