SharpKey Cables

Name: SharpKey Cables
SKU: 30642
Price: 10.00 USD
Availability: Discontinued

Host cables to connect a SharpKey with a specific computer.

Designed by engineers@work in United Kingdom

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** 18.08.2023 ** - Ordering temporarily suspended due to lack of available time.

Host cables to connect a SharpKey with a specific computer.

Overview The SharpKey is an IoT Multi-HID (Human Interface Device - Keyboard/Mouse) to Multi-Host Interface with on-board web configuration and Over The Air update facilities. It enables more modern …

Overview

The SharpKey is an IoT Multi-HID (Human Interface Device - Keyboard/Mouse) to Multi-Host Interface with on-board web configuration and Over The Air update facilities. It enables more modern keyboard and mice devices to be used with vintage computers where these devices are no longer obtainable or working.

The device is plug and play, it automatically detects connected input and host device types, self-configures, ready for instant on usability. Bluetooth devices require an extra pairing procedure but once paired operate exactly as wired equivalents.

The SharpKey currently supports:

Input Devices	Host Computers
PS/2 Keyboards	Sharp X1	Sharp MZ-5600*
PS/2 Mice	Sharp X68000	Sharp MZ-6500*
PS/2 KVM Switch	Sharp MZ-2500	NEC PC-9801
Bluetooth HID	Sharp MZ-2800	Amstrad PCW 8XXX/9XXX*

= Firmware under development.

Cables

Cables are ordered as a kit of parts or fully assembled and tested. Assembled cables are expensive due to time required for manual assembly, so if your handy with a soldering iron, best to order the kit of parts.

The MZ-2800 interface requires not only a cable but also a change of D-Sub socket in the main console including the motherboard PCB header, please see details - this requires hands on update to the console, desoldering a cable header from the main pcb and soldering in a new header, removal of the existing keyboard socket (2 screws) and installation of the new keyboard socket (2 screws).