Keyboard

From The Dragon Archive

Dragon32Keyboard4.JPG


How the keyboard matrix scan work is described in "Inside the Dragon" book on page 198-204.


Dragon 32 keyboard map:

          LSB              $FF02                    MSB
        | PB0   PB1   PB2   PB3   PB4   PB5   PB6   PB7 <- column
    ----|----------------------------------------------
    PA0 |   0     1     2     3     4     5     6     7    LSB
    PA1 |   8     9     :     ;     ,     -     .     /     $
    PA2 |   @     A     B     C     D     E     F     G     F
    PA3 |   H     I     J     K     L     M     N     O     F
    PA4 |   P     Q     R     S     T     U     V     W     0
    PA5 |   X     Y     Z    Up  Down  Left Right Space     0
    PA6 | ENT   CLR   BRK   N/C   N/C   N/C   N/C  SHFT
    PA7 - Comparator input                                 MSB
     ^
     |
    row


CoCo keyboard map:

          LSB              $FF02                    MSB
        | PB0   PB1   PB2   PB3   PB4   PB5   PB6   PB7 <- column
    ----|----------------------------------------------
    PA0 |   @     A     B     C     D     E     F     G    LSB
    PA1 |   H     I     J     K     L     M     N     O     $
    PA2 |   P     Q     R     S     T     U     V     W     F
    PA3 |   X     Y     Z    Up  Down  Left Right Space     F
    PA4 |   0     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     0
    PA5 |   8     9     :     ;     ,     -     .     /     0
    PA6 | ENT   CLR   BRK   N/C   N/C   N/C   N/C  SHFT
    PA7 - Comparator input                                 MSB
     ^
     |
    row

e.g. (Dragon):

  • 'U' $55 -> col: 5 - row: 4
  • 'Y' $59 -> col: 1 - row: 5

If "U" is pressed, then when PB5 of PIA0 is LOW, PA4 of PIA0 will read LOW, else it will read HIGH.

Similarly if "A" is pressed then when PB1 is LOW, PA2 will read LOW, else it will read HIGH.

Each key is just a switch bridging a row and a column - if the column is low, then the row will be pulled low when the key is pressed (the A side of the PIA has an internal pull-up, so in input mode it will read as high if not connected to anything - no key pressed).


matrix columns PB0-PB7 are:

  • configured as outputs
  • connected to: $ff02 -> PIA 0 B side Data register

matrix rows PA0-PA6 are:

  • configured as inputs
  • connected to: $ff00 -> PIA 0 A side Data register


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