After reading my 'Reverse engineer and re purpose an old Keyboard' article Boris over at PoLabs kindly sent me a 'PoKeys56U' to have a play with :).
This looks like an updated version of the one I mentioned in my article.
'U' designates the USB version and 'E' the Ethernet version
PoKeys57CNC USB and Ethernet CNC controller is a blend between general purpose PoKeys device and motor controller. The device is targeted primarily for controlling up to 8 STEP/DIR signal driven motors (stepper motors, servo drives, etc.) in various applications with the addition of powerful PoKeys device features. POSCOPE4 AND MEGA1+ MANUAL 5 www.poscope.com We provide free software (including drivers) and updates for all our PoScope devices and you can always download it from our web site www.poscope.com.
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Standard USB keyboard simulation (with triggering support for up/down keys)
Standard USB joystick simulation (6 axis, 32 buttons with triggering support)
55 digital inputs with pull-up resistors, freely mappable to virtual USB keyboard's keys
7 analog inputs (12-bit) with adjustable low-pass filtering support
Up to 26 encoder pair inputs (3 high-speed encoder inputs, 1 ultra high speed encoder input)
Two 8x8 matrix LED display support
Up to 64 256-character long keyboard macro sequences
Up to 16x8 matrix keyboard with triggered keys/alternate function support
Up to 6 high-speed fully configurable PWM outputs support (25MHz PWM timer)
HD44780-based character LCD support (up to 4x20 characters)
PoExtBus support for adding up to 10 external shift registers = 80 aditiona outputs
PoNET devices support (48-key CNC keyboard mapped to matrix keyboard, etc)
Support for up to 10 sensors on I2C bus, up to 10 sensors on 1-wire bus and up to 7 analog sensors
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Communication compatible with PoKeys55 on application layer (data packet structure)
Third-party support via communication DLL library and extensive protocol specification document that allows porting to other systems
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After looking at the new PoLabs website it appears that Boris has quite alot of new things ranging from Oscilloscopes to Stepper motor drivers!
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I will have to come up with an interesting project for the blog using it in the coming months :)
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