I Want A Seperate, Detached, "Arrows" Keypad

[cornemuse]

I am left-handed, (profoundly so!), I want a separate arrows keypad next to my mouse (actually Trackball) on the left side next to the 'ball. I bought an arrows keypad intended for atm's, that sort of rugged use. It was advertised as 'usb' connection, however it is simply four keys with a common ground & four outputs. (5 pins total). I am fairly handy with soldering/modifying electronics. I have'nt opened a regular keyboard yet to figure out where the connections for arrows goes to on the lil circuit board inside.

Question: If I remove all keyboard wiring to the circuit board, & connect only the wires from the new keypad, will/would this work?

I can easily mod the arrow keyboard to have each key with its own seperate set of wires.

I know I can connect multiple mice and keyboards to one computer with no problems.

Or, does somebody here have a better/simpler solution?

-corne-

 

[sneekypeet]

You could make life simple by buying a stand alone keypad, they have them on newegg for like $12. There are left handed keyboards out in the wild which have the keypad on the left already, or buy one of those fancy gaming keypads.

 

[Finners]

Have a look for a small macro keyboard, can program it to do what you like then.

 

[cornemuse]

These small keyboards are expen$ive!
Also, I would prefer in addition to a seperate left side arrows keypad, to have the standard 'arrows' (right side) on the standard keyboard. I find myself ½ the time leftt handed (reaching across) & ½ the time right handed.

 

[flmatter]

google gaming key pad and see if something there peeks your interest

 

[Vario]

I picked up a 10 key pad for about $15, Gold Touch with Cherry brown mechanical switches. It might be possible to make that work for you.

 

[John Naylor]

Her ya go

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...Description=keypad&ignorear=0&N=-1&isNodeId=1