[NTLK] newt keyboard USB adapter

Dennis Swaney romad at aol.com
Sat Sep 15 11:23:02 EDT 2012


I can't remember if it was the one that came with my iMac G4 or the one
with my iMac G5. The matter is actually moot now as I have a Bluetooth
keyboard to use with the iPad.

Dennis

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Vladislav Korotnev
<vladkorotnev at gmail.com>wrote:

> Depends on your keyboard. Mine is the simplest possible Genius one, so it
> doesnt pop up the "Too much current" message, but the "Not supported
> device" message and works anyway. That is an iPad 1 on 5.1.1, by the way.
>
> iPhoneから送信
>
> On 15.09.2012, at 2:38, Dennis Swaney <romad at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > All I know is that I was able to use an USB keyboard with my iPad under
> iOS
> > 4.x but after I upgraded to iOS 5, it no longer worked. I'll have to try
> > again with my iPad 3 and the current iOS 5.x
> >
> > Dennis B. Swaney
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Vladislav Korotnev
> > <vladkorotnev at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Weird. Everything works here.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> Sent from my iSounds-enhanced iPhone
> >>
> >> On 14.09.2012, at 3:09, Dennis Swaney <romad at aol.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Apple disabled the ability to use an USB keyboard with that adapter
> (part
> >>> of the iPad Camera Connection Kit) in iOS 5. After September 19th we
> can
> >>> see if it is back in iOS 6.
> >>>
> >>> On Thursday, September 13, 2012, Andrei Chichak wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2012-September-13, at 8:20 AM, joe kallo wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi list,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Does anyone know the details of what's happening here?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> USB Newton Keyboard for iPad<
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXCJfMTlV_g>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> The Newton keyboard puts out its characters as a serial data stream.
> The
> >>>> Arduino is acting as a serial to USB keyboard converter. The thing
> >> plugged
> >>>> into the side of the iPad is an iPad USB adapter for keyboards and
> >> cameras.
> >>>> Hardware + software + time = Apple USB keyboard.
> >>>>
> >>>> Andrei
> >>>>
> >>>>
>



More information about the NewtonTalk mailing list