Only a week or two and the prototype should be ready.

I have ordered two pcb's and some parts.
Pity I have to wait till the pcb's and parts arrive, can't change that...

I'm hoping to place an order to create a prototype pcb today or tomorrow, but I thought this picture would already be interesting:



It's such a small interface!
Maybe I'll get a reward for the smallest Spectrum interface ever! ;)

Bill Savage asked me:
"Did you see this one ?
http://www.jrok.com/project/speckey/spec_key.html"



Yes, I have studied that one, but the Spanish designer of my current PC Keyboard Interface had some good arguments that one (jrok.com) has some disadvantages compared to his 'Spanish' one.

I must say I did order the components for the jrok.com interface to test it, but I'm now focussing only on the Spanish interface.

I'm not sure what would be better: creating the interface:

..flat on your desk:



..or straight up against the back of the Spectrum:

This is the complete board!! It's so cute! (ahem..)


Please let me know what you think would be most wise.

I received the Silabs programming kit with a lot delay, but hey, there it is...

So today I created a schematic to discuss with the original developer, Miguel Angel Rodríguez Jódar, and couldn't resist to also create an example PCB.

Watch and dribble (or maybe not...):