[simpits-tech] f16 MFD dimentions

Roy Coates simpits-tech@simpits.org
Tue, 4 Mar 2003 13:58:09 +0000 (GMT)


On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Ben Jones wrote:

> with your butchered keyboard,   how doy you do multiple keypresses to
> achieve a final key press on your mfd , thats been buggin me ,
> i have done a multi keypress comand with 4 relays switching the keyboard
> contacts while the "mfd" button pulses the relays , it works most of the
> time but if a relay doesn't switch at the correct time some other command
> may be entered into the computer , it works but i'd need 120 relays to do
> two basic mfd's  ahhh thats toomuch cabeling a soldering for this electrican
> !!.

I wouldn't bother using a keyboard for multi-keypresses. I've seen some
ingenious schemes using solenoids and relays to achieve this but I
personally don't like em!

Roy.