ergodox-firmware/references.md

Electronics Stuff

• [Resistor Color Codes]

  (http://www.ladyada.net/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?hash=a2c6a9&w=501&h=785&media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ladyada.net%2Fimages%2Fmetertutorial%2Frescolorcode.jpg)

  image

  • from [the Multimeter Tutorial] (http://www.ladyada.net/learn/multimeter/resistance.html) (on http://ladyada.net/)

• [Schematic Symbols]

  (http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/28066054.png)

  image

• [Vcc, Vdd, Vss, etc.] (http://encyclobeamia.solarbotics.net/articles/vxx.html)

• [Very Basic Circuits]

  (http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/mar97/basics.html)

  column by Kevin Ross for Encoder

• [Powering Light Emitting Diodes(LEDs)] (http://wolfstone.halloweenhost.com/Lighting/litlpo_PoweringLEDs.html)

  • can also be reached via http://thewolfstone.com/ -> [ENTER] ('http://thewolfstone.com/Welcome/Home.html) -> [Wolfstone's Haunted Halloween Page] (http://thewolfstone.com/_ar/Halloween.html) -> [technology] (http://wolfstone.halloweenhost.com/Navigation/TechBase.html) -> [powering LEDs] (http://wolfstone.halloweenhost.com/Lighting/litlpo_PoweringLEDs.html)

• [All About Circuits : Reference] (http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_5/index.html)

• [Effects of Varying I2C Pull-Up Resistors] (http://dsscircuits.com/articles/effects-of-varying-i2c-pull-up-resistors.html) : article by Wayne Truchsess

C Stuff

• [comp.lang.c Frequently Asked Questions] (http://c-faq.com/index.html)

• [The C Preprocessor] (http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-2.95.3/cpp_1.html#SEC1) (on http://gcc.gnu.org/)

• [C Library Reference] (http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/) (on http://cplusplus.com)

• [C Operators/Expressions] (http://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/~liberti/public/computing/prog/c/C/CONCEPT/expressions.html) (on http://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/)

• [Bitwise Operators in C and C++: A Tutorial] (http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/bitwise_operators.html) (on http://cprogramming.com/)

• [AVR Tutorials - [TUT] [C] Bit manipulation (AKA "Programming 101")] (http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=printview&t=37871&start=0)

• [In C++ is "const" after type ID acceptable?] (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/988069/in-c-is-const-after-type-id-acceptable) (on http://stackoverflow.com/)

• [Arrays and pointers in C] (http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/fortran/append-c.html) (on http://www.ibiblio.org/)

• [how to use array of function pointers?] (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/252748/how-to-use-array-of-function-pointers) (on http://stackoverflow.com/)

• [The Function Pointer Tutorials] (http://www.newty.de/fpt/index.html)

• [C preprocessor and concatenation] (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1489932/c-preprocessor-and-concatenation) (on http://stackoverflow.com/)

• [The New C: Inline Functions] (http://drdobbs.com/184401540) by Randy Meyers (on http://drdobbs.com/)

• [gcc: why the -lm flag is needed to link the math library?] (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4606301/gcc-why-the-lm-flag-is-needed-to-link-the-math-library) (on http://stackoverflow.com/)

For the AVR

• [AVR Newbie guide] (http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=70673) by stu_san (on http://www.avrfreaks.net/)

• [AVR Libc Library Reference] (http://www.nongnu.org/avr-libc/user-manual/modules.html)

• [avr-libc/include/avr/iom32u4.h]

  (http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/trunk/avr-libc/include/avr/iom32u4.h?revision=2288&root=avr-libc&view=markup)

  list of registers and associated bit numbers for ATmega32U4

• [A Brief Tutorial on Programming the AVR without Arduino] (https://www.mainframe.cx/~ckuethe/avr-c-tutorial/) by Chris Kuethe

• [Optimisations of AVR programs using avr-gcc] (http://www.tty1.net/blog/2008-04-29-avr-gcc-optimisations_en.html)

• [Using the EEPROM memory in AVR-GCC]

  (http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=38417)

  tutorial by [Dean Camera] (http://fourwalledcubicle.com/AboutMe.php) (on http://www.avrfreaks.net/)

  • updated version available as a pdf at [Four Walled Cubicle : AVR Articles] (http://www.fourwalledcubicle.com/AVRArticles.php), along with a few other good articles on AVR programming

Protocol Stuff

I²C

• [Arduino I²C Expansion IO] (http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/electronics/?p=241) (from [Keith's Electronics Blog] (http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/electronics/))

• [Arduino Playground :: Wire Library, Explored] (http://arduino.cc/playground/Main/WireLibraryDetailedReference)

USB

• About Keyboard [Scan Codes] (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Scan+Codes) (on http://geekhack.org/)

• [USB - boot mode, NKRO, compatibility, etc...]

  (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?13162-USB-boot-mode-NKRO-compatibility-etc/page2)

  old thread by [Soarer] (http://geekhack.org/member.php?4274-Soarer) (on http://geekhack.org/)

• [USB 2.0 Specification]

  (http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/usb_20_101111.zip)

  zip (from http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/)

• [HID Device Class Definition]

  (http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/HID1_11.pdf)

  pdf (from http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage)

  • HID = Human Interface Device

• [HID Usage Tables]

  (http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/Hut1_12v2.pdf)

  pdf (from http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage)

Other People's Code

Keyboard Firmware

• zip: [Phantom Firmware from PrinsValium] (http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38982&d=1327895092)

  • mentioned in the [Building Phantom Hardware and Firmware Mods] (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:26742) article (on http://geekhack.org/)

• github: [tmk / tmk_keyboard] (https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard)

  • forked by [Pyrolistical / tmk_keyboard] (https://github.com/Pyrolistical/tmk_keyboard/tree/master/fourway)

    • mentioned in the [KeyPoard] (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:26845) article on http://geekhack.org/

  • forked by [riffautae / tmk_keyboard] (https://github.com/riffautae/tmk_keyboard)

    • mentioned on the [Teensy Keyboard Firmware Discussion] (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?26730-Teensy-Keyboard-Firmware-Discussion/page2) thread on http://geekhack.org/

• github: [humblehacker / keyboard] (https://github.com/humblehacker/keyboard)

  • mentioned on [the humblehacker keyboard website] (http://humblehacker.com/keyboard/)

  • mentioned on [the humblehacker geekhack page] (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:6292)

  • mentioned on [the designer's blog] (http://humblehacker.com/blog/)

USB Libraries

• [LUFA (2012) (Lightweight USB Framework for AVRs)] (http://www.fourwalledcubicle.com/LUFA.php)

• zip: [PJRC: usb_keyboard] (http://pjrc.com/teensy/usb_keyboard.zip)

  • mentioned on [the PJRC website] (http://pjrc.com/teensy/usb_keyboard.html)

TWI Libraries

• github: [TWI library in C]

  (https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/tree/master/libraries/Wire/utility)

  (arduino / Arduino / libraries / Wire / utility)

• zip: [i2cmaster] (http://homepage.hispeed.ch/peterfleury/i2cmaster.zip) (by Peter Fleury, on [his homepage] (http://homepage.hispeed.ch/peterfleury/))

• forum: [Interfacing MCP23018 io expander via Arduino]

  (http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1282150189)

  contains a quick MCP23017 library in C++

• github: [maniacbug / Arduino / libraries / MCP23018]

  (https://github.com/maniacbug/Arduino/tree/master/libraries/MCP23018)

  library in C++

Other

• [Soarer's Converter (XT/AT/PS2/Terminal to USB Converter with NKRO)] (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:17458)

• zip: [PJRC: blinky] (http://pjrc.com/teensy/blinky.zip)

  • mentioned on [the PJRC website] (http://pjrc.com/teensy/gcc.html)

Hardware Documentation

• [Microchip: Analog & Interface Product Selector Guide] (http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/21060z.pdf)

  • from [the Microchip website (MCP23017 product listing page)] (http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?dDocName=en023499)

• [MCP23017 / MCP23S17 Data Sheet] (http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/21952b.pdf)

  • from [the Microchip website] (http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?dDocName=en023499)

• [MCP23018 / MCP23S18 Data Sheet] (http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/22103a.pdf)

  • from [the Microchip website] (http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?dDocName=en537375)

• [Teensy 2.0 (ATMEGA32U4) Data Sheet] (http://pjrc.com/teensy/atmega32u4.pdf)

  • from [the PJRC website] (http://pjrc.com/teensy/datasheets.html)

• [Teensy++ 2.0 (AT90USB1286) Data Sheet] (http://pjrc.com/teensy/at90usb1286.pdf)

  • from [the PJRC website] (http://pjrc.com/teensy/datasheets.html)

• [Teensy 2.0 Pin Assignments, Using C] (http://pjrc.com/teensy/card2a.pdf)

  • from [the PJRC website] (http://pjrc.com/teensy/datasheets.html)

• [Teensy 2.0 Pin Assignments, Using Arduino] (http://pjrc.com/teensy/card2b.pdf)

  • from [the PJRC website] (http://pjrc.com/teensy/datasheets.html)

• [Cherry MX Series Keyswitches : Specifications] (http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/switches/key/mx.htm)

Miscellaneous

Typical Keyboard Information

• [Keyboard Scan Rates] (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Keyboard+scan+rates) list (on http://geekhack.org/)

Other Awesome Keyboard Projects

• [My DIY keyboard collection ( or how I became a KB-geek...)] (http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/my-diy-keyboard-collection-or-how-i-became-a-kb-geek-t2534.html)

  • linked to in [a post] (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?22780-Interest-Check-Custom-split-ergo-keyboard&p=582593&viewfull=1#post582593) on the ergoDOX geekhack thread

Documentation and Design Tools

• [Markdown: Syntax] (http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax)

• [KiCAD Tutorial] (http://teholabs.com/knowledge/kicad.html) (on http://teholabs.com/)

  • mentioned on the [circuit/block-diagram drawing] (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6422603/circuit-block-diagram-drawing) question (on http://stackoverflow.com/)

• [TikZ and PGF]

  (http://www.texample.net/tikz/)

  a TeX graphics package

  • mentioned on the [circuit/block-diagram drawing] (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6422603/circuit-block-diagram-drawing) question (on http://stackoverflow.com/)

  • [Documentation (for version 2010-09-28)]

    (http://www.texample.net/media/pgf/builds/pgfmanualCVS2010-09-28.pdf)

    pdf

  • [Example: Block diagram line junctions] (http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/line-junctions/)

• [Inkscape : Connector tool tutorial] (http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/UsingTheConnectorTool)

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