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This Arduino/Teensy 3.1 program interprets 12 inputs as rows of classical punch cards and decodes the characters.

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PunchCard2Keyboard

This Arduino/Teensy 3.1 program interprets 12 inputs as rows of classical punch cards and decodes the characters according to IBM model 029 keypunch. The Teensy 3.1 is recognised as a USB HID keyboard and sends the decoded characters as key presses. Each card is finalised with an 'enter' key press.

Compiling

This program was developed in Eclipse IDE and not the original Arduino IDE. For compiling you should import this project in an Eclipse Mars CPP with the GNU ARM Eclipse plugins and Teensyduino installed. You need to set up the environment variable TEENSYDUINO_ROOT pointing to the installation directory of Teensyduino and link the directory ${TEENSYDUINO_ROOT}/hardware/teensy/cores/teensy3 as a linked folder in the project root.

Usage

  1. Build your own punch card reader: http://tim.jagenberg.info/2014/11/20/punchcard2keyboard/
  2. Program your Teensy 3.1 with Release/PunchCard2Keyboard.hex
  3. Wire the punch card reader contacts as shown in the table below.
  4. Plugin in the Teensy 3.1 via USB and use it as a keyboard, feeding it punch cards.
CardReader Teensy 3.1
ROW_Y 15
ROW_X 14
ROW_0 12
ROW_1 11
ROW_2 10
ROW_3 9
ROW_4 8
ROW_5 7
ROW_6 6
ROW_7 5
ROW_8 4
ROW_9 3
BLK GND
RED 3.3V

Contributing

  1. Fork it!
  2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
  3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature
  4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
  5. Submit a pull request :D

History

  • Version 1.0 - first release

License

Copyright Tim Jagenberg tim@jagenberg.info
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html

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