Using the PS/2 port of the Papilio One FPGA from VHDL

[CrisLee]

I'm trying to receive data from a keyboard via the PS/2 port on the Papilio One Arcade Megawing. Eventually I'll want to implement this from scratch, but I thought I'd get some public code working first as a form of smoke-test.

The three sources I played with were

• http://soclab.cn.nctu.edu.tw/course/FPGA102/ps2_ctrl.pdf
• http://hamsterworks.co.nz/mediawiki/index.php/Papilio_Plus/PS2_Keyboard
• https://github.com/thelonious/ps2_io/tree/master/keyboard_scan_code

I've modified each by changing the UCF file to

NET "Clk"      LOC="P89"  | IOSTANDARD = LVCMOS25 | PERIOD=31.25ns;
NET "Reset"    LOC="P67"  | IOSTANDARD=LVTTL | PULLDOWN;
NET "PS2_Clk"  LOC="P91"  | IOSTANDARD=LVTTL | DRIVE=8 | SLEW=FAST | PULLUP;
NET "PS2_Data" LOC="P92"  | IOSTANDARD=LVTTL | DRIVE=8 | SLEW=FAST | PULLUP;
NET "LED1"     LOC="P57"  | IOSTANDARD=LVTTL;
NET "LED2"     LOC="P53"  | IOSTANDARD=LVTTL;
NET "LED3"     LOC="P40"  | IOSTANDARD=LVTTL;

and I'm driving LED1 straight from PS2_Clk, LED2 from PS2_Data and LED3 from a register that should go from low to high (and stay high) when the first complete scancode is read.

The problem is, with all three implementations, what I get instead is

• LED1 and LED2 are continuously on
• LED3 never turns on

The keyboard I'm using is a Microsoft Natural Keyboard 4000 via a USB-to-PS/2 dongle. The function key lock LED on the keyboard lights up when I connect it to the Papilio so at least I know it's getting juice.

Full Xilinx ISE project dumps are available at http://forum.gadgetfactory.net/index.php?/topic/1917-ps2-ports-on-arcade-megawing/

@Leor mentioned below that the PS/2 port uses a clock frequency of 10 KHz. Does n't that mean that I should see a blinking LED (with about 1.6 second frequency) with the following code:

library IEEE;
use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_1164.ALL;
use IEEE.NUMERIC_STD.ALL;

entity main is
    Port ( CLK : in  STD_LOGIC;
           PS2_CLK : in  STD_LOGIC;
           LED : out  STD_LOGIC);
end main;

architecture Behavioral of main is
signal counter: unsigned(13 downto 0) := (others => '0');
signal PS2_CLK_PREV : std_logic := '1';
signal LED_clamped : std_logic := '0';
begin
LED <= LED_clamped;
process(CLK) is
begin
  if rising_edge(CLK) then
    if not (PS2_CLK = PS2_CLK_PREV) then
      counter <= counter + 1;
    end if;

    if counter = 0 then
      LED_clamped <= not LED_clamped;
    end if;

    PS2_CLK_PREV <= PS2_CLK;
  end if;
end process;

end Behavioral;

Because if I try this, the LED is still continuously on.

[mkarlsson]

Most likely the problem is with the USB-to-PS/2 dongle.  The simple passive USB-to-PS/2 dongle only works if the keyboard can switch to use PS/2 protocol.

See https://superuser.com/questions/1150204/can-any-usb-mouse-or-keyboard-be-connected-to-the-ps-2-connector-of-a-motherboar

Magnus

[mkarlsson]

See comment #3 that states that the MS Natural Keyboard 4000 does NOT work with the USB-to-PS/2 adapter.