Digilent PmodPS/2 Reference Manual
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PmodPS/2™ Reference Manual
Revised May 26, 2016
This manual applies to the PmodPS/2 rev. C
DOC#: 502-094
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The PmodPS/2.
Standard PS/2 port
Jumper to allow for an external power source
Small PCB size for flexible designs 1.0“ × 0.8” (2.5 cm ×
2.0 cm)
6-pin Pmod connector with GPIO interface
Follows Digilent Pmod Interface Specification Type 1
Example code available in resource center
Features include:
Overview
The Digilent PmodPS/2 is a module that allows users to attach a PS/2 compatible keyboard or mouse to their
system board.
1 Functional Description
The PmodPS/2 module is a standard PS/2 connector that by nature of the PS/2 supports N-KEY rollover. This is a
feature that guarantees that every movement and key press will be received and addressed. Naturally, whether or
not the key press will actually perform a function is dependent on the software, but the system board will still
receive all of the inputs.
2 Interfacing with the Pmod
The PmodPS/2 communicates with the host board via the GPIO protocol. Both the keyboard and mouse will use a
data and a clock line to communicate their information to the system board. Specific details on how this is done
are available in their respective sections below.
PmodPS/2™ Reference Manual
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Pin Number
Description
1
Data
2
Not Used
3
Clock
4
Not Used
5
Ground
6
VCC
PS/2
Connector
Pin 1
Pin 5Pin 6
Bottom-up
hole pattern
Pin Definitions
Pin Function
1 Data
2 Reserved
3 GND
4 Vdd
5 Clock
6 Reserved
1
5
3
2
4
6
Pin 2
T
CK
T
SU
Edge 0
Edge 10
CLK
DATA
T
HLD
T
CK
'1' stop bit'0' start bit
Symbol
Parameter
Min
Max
Tck
Clock time
30us
50us
Tsu
Data-to-clock setup time
5us
25us
Thld
Clock-to-data hold time
5us
25us
Table 1. Pin description table.
3 Keyboard and Mouse Interface
The keyboard and mouse both use identical signal timings. Both use 11-bit words that include a start, stop, and
odd parity bit, but the data packets are organized differently, and the keyboard interface allows bi-directional data
transfers (so the host device can illuminate state LEDs on the keyboard). Bus timings are shown below. The clock
and data signals are only driven when data transfers occur, and otherwise they are held in the “idle” state at logic
‘1’. The timings define signal requirements for mouse-to-host communications and bi-directional keyboard
communications.
3.1 Keyboard
The keyboard uses open-collector drivers so that either the keyboard or an attached host device can drive the twowire bus (if the host device will not send data to the keyboard, then the host can use simple input-only ports).
PS/2-style keyboards use scan codes to communicate key-press data (nearly all keyboards in use today are PS/2
style). Each key has a single, unique scan code that is sent whenever the corresponding key is pressed. If the key is
pressed and held, the scan code will be sent repeatedly once every 100ms or so. When a key is released, an “F0”
key-up code is sent, followed by the scan code of the released key. If a key can be “shifted” to produce a new
character (like a capital letter), then a shift character is sent in addition to the original scan code, and the host
device must determine which character to use. Some keys, called extended keys, send an “E0” ahead of the scan
Table 2. Bus timings.
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