What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. set up TVout, this step works, I am able to run the examples, and they work fine 2. Set up PS2keyboard library, this works, I ran teh example and it works fine. 3. Mix TVout and PS2Keyboard, when I did this, I got problems. I went ahead and combined TVout and PS2Keyboard libraries, but they seem to clash with each other, they work, but weird things happen on the TV there is a glitch whenever I press a key, and on the keyboard there is sometimes wrong keystrokes detected... they both work well indivisually here is my combined code http://pastebin.com/caVhZQcT

What is the expected output? What do you see instead? each key I type on the keyboard should just appear on the screen, but instead sometimes wrong characters appear. and also there is a glitch on the TV everytime I press a key. also, since I am logging everything to the serial port, I can see that the PS2Keyboard library is failing to recognize the characters when mixed with TVout.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

I am using TVoutBeta1 uploaded to arduino uno from a windows computer

Please provide any additional information below.

I went ahead and combined TVout and PS2Keyboard libraries, but they seem to clash with each other, they work, but weird things happen on the TV there is a glitch whenever I press a key, and on the keyboard there is sometimes wrong keystrokes detected... they both work well indivisually here is my combined code http://pastebin.com/caVhZQcT

I tried stopping timers when a key is pressed, and enabling them after it was released. but still the input is currupted, I wouldnt really care much if there is a minor glitch in video temprarily, but I want to be able to get information from the keyboard. here is the code I tried in the PS2Keyboard library:

void ps2interrupt(void) { //stop interrupts cli();

static uint8_t bitcount=0;
static uint8_t incoming=0;
static uint32_t prev_ms=0;
uint32_t now_ms;
uint8_t n, val;

val = digitalRead(PollPS2_DataPin);
now_ms = millis();
if (now_ms - prev_ms > 250) {
    bitcount = 0;
    incoming = 0;
}
prev_ms = now_ms;
n = bitcount - 1;
if (n <= 7) {
    incoming |= (val << n);
}
bitcount++;
if (bitcount == 11) {
    uint8_t i = head + 1;
    if (i >= BUFFER_SIZE) i = 0;
    if (i != tail) {
        buffer[i] = incoming;
        head = i;
    }
    bitcount = 0;
    incoming = 0;
}
//start interrupts
sei();

}

Hello,

I am using both the libraries and my sketch seams to work correctly.

The only issue I found is the glitch when pressing a key. I've also observed than pressing continuously a key, the glitching phenomenon disappears.

I don't know if it's your case, but few days ago in one of mine sketches, the PS2 Keyboard library didn't recognize correctly a key due to the too high memory allocation (using a matrix)... I hope this could be helpful...

Now I will try to solve the glitching issue...

I have already found a fix to the problem. It was to use pollserial to get data from the keyboard. It works perfectly. I can send you the libraries and sketch if you want

Ok! If you send me libraries and sketch I will appreciate!

Ok, here is the library on the attached files

alos, I thought you might be interested in the BASIC interpreter for arduino I made https://github.com/amigojapan/Interactive-Arduino-Basic-Interpreter I will eventually figure out a way to do something to get enbough ram to run both the BASIC intepreter AND all TV out at the same time to make a retro computer, I think I may store the programs in progmem

also you might want to add as an example of TV out my video of this True Serial Terminal I made that actually connects to a linux computer and can control it thru a serial port. it is the latest video of my channel http://youtube.com/amigojapan

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Thank you! I am just trying your Basic Interpreter!

I'm sorry but I can't see your attachment... :(

Ok, later when I get time I will upload it to github and send you the link or something

OK, try downloading it from here please http://www.mediafire.com/?ru7562sifbl204q

Received!

I will try it later and let you know!

Thank you!

Everything working!

Thank you again!

Great!

Hi, I have another question. The ore Beta 1.0 version of TV out seemed to have a pause() function which "returns full CPU power". Is there an equivalent in the new versions?

On 2011/12/15, at 21:41, arduino-tvout@googlecode.com wrote:

does anyone have the attachment since the op was kind enough to place it on a crap server which no longer has the file?

Thanks

I have it on my home computer but I won't have access to it for a week or so

Thats fine if you can repost it when you get back

Thanks

OK, I have heard some people on the mailing list asking about the library to use PS2keyboard together with TVout, here is a link to it https://github.com/amigojapan/Arduino_TVout_with_ps2Keyboard/blob/master/ps2uartKeyboard.zip?raw=true

Thank you very much!

No problem :)