The Fluke keyboard port provides the +5 and Gnd. Page 7-5 of the 9100 Service Manual (Schematics)

1) KBDATA (Inverted and not connected other than to a pull-up resistor)
2) KBDATA (non-inverted) Serial Data @1200 baud
3) KBRESET Reset signal (Low) to keyboard, keyboard sends some sort of response back so 9100 'knows'
4) +5
5) Gnd

John :-#)#

At 09:26 PM 01/06/2003 -0700, David Shoemaker wrote:

OK, looks like there is definitely enough interest for 10-20 units. My current plan is probably an atmel AT90S2313 or pic 16C84 for brains plus a MAX232 part as a serial driver. Should be a very small box. I need to dig out the pinout for the fluke keyboard port and see if I am going to require an external power source for this and the keyboard.

Oh the reason for the probability of the PIC over the atmel is that I can build a parallel port pic programmer for next to nothing and have two books on pics. I have nothing on the atmel parts at this time. I am completely welcome to pointers though.

And a couple people asked what I was doing the schems / layout in. I will be upfront, this is my first "real" project so up to now I just have hacked my way through. So ideas there also welcomed :)

David

----- Original Message -----

From: David Shoemaker

To: techtoolslist@flippers.com

Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 10:59 AM

Subject: Fluke 9100 keyboard adapter (call for interest)

I am working on a small black box to be connected between a PC style keyboard and the 9100 keyboard port to convert the PC scan codes to the required serial.

What I want to know is how many people would like one and if you would be willing to pay (at a wild guess) $20 for it. I am betting there won't be enough demand to have PC boards made up for them so they will be perf board assembled.

David