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Altera_Forum
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13 years ago

Help with PS/2 Keyboard protocol

Hi, I've been trying to get keyboard input to work, but I'm having some trouble with it. I followed the procedure from a website (WHY do I have to have 5 posts to have links...), but it doesn't seem...
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13 years ago

Should you not be reading on the falling edge of the PS/2 clock, not the rising edge?

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I also can't remember if the keyboard needs to be sent a 'reset' sequence (that might be the mouse) before it will behave properly

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The keyboard should work without initialization; it is indeed the mouse that needs an init sequence.