26.Sep.2025
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DIY: Connecting USB keyboards with STALKER
The STALKER adapter card by Gianluca Renzi enables USB-HID keyboards to be connected to the Amiga 1000, Amiga 2000/3000, Amiga 4000/CD32, Amiga 500, Amiga 1200 and Amiga 600 and is based on a 32-bit STM32 microcontroller.
The STALKER offers a built-in USB stack that enables support for USB HID keyboards without the need to install additional AmigaOS software drivers. The entire installation process boils down to connecting a STALKER adapter and plug to the keyboard port of the Amiga 1000, 2000 or 4000 externally, or internally in any other Amiga computer.
Another feature of the adapter is its "bootloader" function, which enables future firmware upgrades. The STALKER comes with special firmware, but any firmware version can be installed without any problems, as it is an open source project. Features:
- supports for both USB HID, wireless adapters and USB-PS/2 keyboards,
- Amiga 1000, 2000/3000, Amiga 4000/CD32, Amiga 1200, Amiga 600 and Amiga 500 compatibility,
- built-in USB stack with HID Keyboard firmware driver
- "Bootloader" function allowing future firmware upgrades,
- "Status" indicator LED providing information about device's state,
- built around 32-bit STM32 microcontroller utilizing latest technology,
- non-blocking keyboard.
Hardware documentation for DIY construction is available for the internal versions of the A1200, A500 and A600, as well as for the external stand-alone version.
Two days ago, version 1.5 of the USB keyboard driver and version 0.3 of the bootloader were released. (dr)
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