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Fanjita and harleyg (of downgrader fame) have just finished piKey, a sophisticated homebrew application for the Sony PSP: it's a keyboard driver that lets you use almost any keyboard (or similar input device) as a natural method of input on your PSP.

For the rest, wee turn to the documentation included in the ZIP file.

Imagine being able to use your keyboard to control any PSP game or homebrew, and even the PSP's XMB menu and on-screen keyboard, automatically and without needing any changes to the other software. This is what piKey aims to give you. This is an early release, demonstrating just some of the possibilities. The open, extensible framework allows piKey to be extended with new plugins, to allow support for different types of input hardware, and different input environments on the PSP.

    
• Use with Dark_Alex custom firmware. piKey runs best as a plugin for Dark_AleX's custom firmwares.
      
• Use as a standalone by homebrew. piKey can also be run standalone by homebrew that needs to use keyboard input.

piKey comes with an "installer." The installer will ask you if you wish to copy the pikey prx to flash0 and if you want it to auto run in 1.50 game mode. Writing to flash0 will seriously damage or brick your PSP if you don't know what you're doing. BE SURE TO READ THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE user_guide.html LOCATED IN THE docs FOLDER IN THE ZIP FILE if you don't like bricked PSPs.

piKey comes with the following plugins by default:

    
• Input plugins
            o IR - this plugin uses Monsti's IR keyboard library to support input via many different types of infra-red keyboards.
            o SIO - this plugin supports input via Serial I/O cable. SIO cables plug into your PSP's headphone socket, to provide a serial interface. You can use the SIO plugin to simulate a keyboard via serial terminal, e.g. HyperTerminal on Windows. You can also use the SIO plugin to display debug information from other πKey plugins.
      
• Output plugins
            o CTRL - this plugin simulates presses of the PSP's buttons, mapping selected keys on the keyboard to different PSP buttons. For instance, the cursor keys simulate presses on the directional pad (D-pad).
            o OSK - this plugin detects when the PSP's built-in On-Screen Keyboard is active, and translates key data from πKey into the necessary button presses to enter that text into the OSK.

The user_guide.html in the docs folder in the ZIP file has configuration, usage, and troubleshooting notes (in English). Thanks to Fanjita and harleyg for this amazing PSP homebrew application.

- Source: [QJ]

OMG when i started reading this i started breathing heavier
but then i saw that its not using USB
and i calmed down

:(

I don't think it's possible through USB, well, I don't see how you could connect a USB keyboard into the mini-B socket.

Pretty awesome for those who can get a serial/IR keyboard though.  But it may be kinda counter-intuitive considering it's a PSP...

Gorgeous George:    It's a camp site, a pikey campsite...
Tommy:                 Ten points.
Gorgeous George:    What wee doing here?
Tommy:                 Wee're buying a caravan.
Gorgeous George:    Off a pack of fudgein' pikeys? What's wrong with you? This will get messy.
Tommy:                 Well not if you're here.
Gorgeous George:    Oh, you bastard! I fudgein' hate pikeys!

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:I don't think it's possible through USB, well, I don't see how you could connect a USB keyboard into the mini-B socket.

Pretty awesome for those who can get a serial/IR keyboard though.  But it may be kinda counter-intuitive considering it's a PSP...

if a camera is possible, so is a keyboard. most webcams have the 'standard' usb plugs that go in a pc too, all there is to it is firmware and a converter cable. its been done for the Ti-84 which is a calculator with a usb port for transfering programs, you can connect a keyboard or a mouse or even a usb drive to it (theres a clip somewhere showing someone watching the matrix on his Ti-84 form a usb drive. in monotone. with a hideously low framrate. the matrix.

I think that this is great!

I love surfing the web on my psp but it had its downfalls typing messeges or website with wack OSK

This is the perfect solution to this

Thanks again fanjita and harleyg

Ge64 Wrote:

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:I don't think it's possible through USB, well, I don't see how you could connect a USB keyboard into the mini-B socket.

Pretty awesome for those who can get a serial/IR keyboard though.  But it may be kinda counter-intuitive considering it's a PSP...

if a camera is possible, so is a keyboard. most webcams have the 'standard' usb plugs that go in a pc too, all there is to it is firmware and a converter cable. its been done for the Ti-84 which is a calculator with a usb port for transfering programs, you can connect a keyboard or a mouse or even a usb drive to it (theres a clip somewhere showing someone watching the matrix on his Ti-84 form a usb drive. in monotone. with a hideously low framrate. the matrix.

:O

Ah I see it for the first time here :P

Well great news :yipi:

ye

pretty sweet, although kinda counter productive for a PORTABLE device, still wish it had a slide out keyboard or a keyboard attachement... maybe on the PS2P?