OpenMoko Remote Controller (SoC)

Andy Powell openmoko at automated.it
Sat Apr 26 20:11:01 CEST 2008


On Saturday 26 April 2008 18:32, Bastian Muck wrote:
> Can it be used to controll presentations?
>
> Andy Powell schrieb:
> | On Saturday 26 April 2008 17:40, Valerio Valerio wrote:
> |> Hello,
> |>
> |> I'm one of the students that will participate in Google Summer of Code
> |> under OpenMoko mentoring.
> |> The project consist in a implementation of a application that can turn
> |> OpenMoko powered devices in a Bluetooth mixed keyboard and mouse.
> |> Was recommended by Google do some community brainstorming in this
> |> period, I'm asking for some help. I need ideas for the name of the app,
>
> suggestion,
>
> |> wishes, etc...
> |> I setup a page in the OpenMoko wiki for the project, feel free to add
>
> info
>
> |> there:
> |>
> |> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/OpenMoko_Bluetooth_remote_controller
> |>
> |> In September we will have more ten rocking OpenMoko apps :)
> |>
> |> Cheers,
> |
> | You might want to take a look at  xkbd-bthid...
> |
> | http://www.mulliner.org/bluetooth/xkbdbthid.php


It allows a device to be a BT HID so that could be a keyboard which would 
allow you to control powerpoint or whatever. Looks like the keyboard layouts 
are user defineable.


-- 

Andy / ScaredyCat




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