[57north-discuss] Microcontroller for simulating a USB HID

[Tom Jones]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 03:07:29PM +0100, Calum Chisholm wrote:
> All,
> Can anyone suggest a suitable microcontroller for simulating a USB
> keyboard? Is the Teensy still the way to go for this, or is something like
> the Arduino Micro (or similar) a better option these days?
> 

There is the [v-usb][1] stack that can simulate a lot of USB. It runs on an ATTINY
and is part of what makes the digispark[2] useful. It can also act as a USB HID
(Human Interface Device).

> I'm looking for something which has at least 13 digital input pins, which
> might rule out some of the very low-end chips.
>

The v-usb gives the impression that it will run of most avr's, so you should
have a good amount of choice.

[1]: http://www.obdev.at/products/vusb/index.html
[2]: http://digistump.com/products/1

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