Redboard as a USB keyboard

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Hi

I have a Sparkfun Redboard which I want to turn into a USB keyboard. It’s been done with an Uno, and several tutorials exist: (http://hackaday.com/2012/06/29/turning- … -keyboard/, http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php/topic,111.0.html). The tutorials rely on reprogramming the firmware in the Arduino’s usb controller. Problem is, the Uno uses an Atmel MEGA8u2 for usb, while the redboard has an FTDI FT232RL.

How would I go about reprogramming the FTDI chip to mimic a USB keyboard?

Graham

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Unfortunately, there’s no way to do that. The FTDI chip isn’t reprogrammable.

/mike