Thread: USB keyboard ?
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I stopped by Fry's again last night and found they carry a $3.99 Female->Female USB gender changer. It's quite small and allows two male cables to be connected... Like the Nokia Male-Mini cable and a keyboard. I opened up the keyboard and attached two wires to the board inside for power (where the USB cable was connected internally). I fed the two wires out that same hole the USB cable comes out, add four AAA (rechargeable NimH) batteries and presto! No more scarey rats-nest of cables. The only downside is now I have about 8 feet of cable between the Nokia and keyboard cables to coil up. I specifically recommend rechargeables since they put out a lower voltage; 4 X 1.25V per cell = 5V required to run USB stuff.

Larry