David Jenkins
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| posted on 14/4/08 at 11:22 AM |
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This weekend's project...
When I'm driving along I want to be able to start, stop and mark my MegaJolt logs without having to muck about with the laptop keyboard - not a
good thing to do when you are supposed to be concentrating on your driving! 
Realising that I could plug another keyboard device into the laptop, and that a keyboard can be hacked about, I did some googling and came up with a
3-key device. This has keys for F5, Esc and Space - a.k.a. Start, Stop and Mark the log. Details of keyboard hacking can be found
here - it's very easy - if you can build a MegaJolt then this is
child's play.
It was really cheap - the keyboard was free from the office as it had some keys missing, I had an ali box sitting in my cupboard, and the switches
cost £5. They could have been cheaper, but I liked the look of these!
All I want now is some secure way to put it on the transmission tunnel and it'll be ready for use.
[Edited on 15/7/08 by David Jenkins]
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 14/4/08 at 11:53 AM |
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or - the locost option.... tell the wife/kid to sit in the passenger seat and press the buttons when told! 
But seriously - like the idea may have to do something like that myself
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 14/4/08 at 11:57 AM |
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And, before anyone says it, the idea about putting it on the steering wheel had ocurred to me! (then sanity took over...)
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 14/4/08 at 04:35 PM |
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surly you want WASD so you can shoot at people whilst driving!
All FPS l33ts will understand, everyone else - you don;t want to know! Its sad.
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Benzine
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| posted on 14/4/08 at 04:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dangle_kt
All FPS l33ts will understand, everyone else - you don;t want to know! Its sad.
13375*
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 15/4/08 at 08:18 AM |
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Nope - no idea what you're talking about!
(No idea why the picture keeps vanishing either...  )
[Edited on 15/4/08 by David Jenkins]
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iank
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| posted on 15/4/08 at 08:29 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Nope - no idea what you're talking about!
It's Leet-speak
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet
1337 -> LEET -> Elite
l33t is teh suck!
WASD are used by a lot of games for keyboard movement as they form an upside down T.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Benzine
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| posted on 15/4/08 at 09:55 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
l33t is teh suck!
no u
[Edited on 15/4/08 by Benzine]
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madmandegge
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| posted on 15/4/08 at 10:28 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Benzine
quote:
Originally posted by iank
l33t is teh suck!
no u
[Edited on 15/4/08 by Benzine]
...teh fail! you got pwnzored
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Davey D
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| posted on 15/4/08 at 11:02 AM |
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instead of getting a keyboard, and hacking it to pieces, why not just buy a numeric keypad, and remap the keys to do what you want
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Davey D
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| posted on 15/4/08 at 11:04 AM |
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something like this:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/95365
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 15/4/08 at 12:15 PM |
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Various reasons
1. The major components were free, or spare, only the switches were bought (I didn't have to).
2. I wanted just 3 buttons - start, stop and mark - so that I didn't need to look at the box while driving.
What you suggest would probably work, but it wasn't what I wanted.
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