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by rtrunck 1796 days ago
Ben Eater (Author of this Video) is fantastic. Learned so much on electronics and computers through this series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyznrdDSSGM&list=PLowKtXNTBy...
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Piggy-backing this comment to add some context for the OP video: This "USB device discovery" video is actually the latest in a series of videos where Ben Eater is building a simple 8-bit computer on breadboards. He hooked up a PS/2 keyboard as an input device, and then got sucked into a tangent of investigating and explaining keyboard protocols.

- He investigates the PS/2 keyboard protocol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aXbh9VUB3U

- Somebody on Patreon asked about USB keyboards having higher latency than PS/2, so he made a video about the basic USB protocol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdgULBpRoXk

- He made the OP video about USB keyboards being limited to holding six keys at once.

> on breadboards.

Whatever happened to wire wrap?

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_wrap

I can understand BBs for quick prototyping and tinkering, but once you've settled on the design, I'd think WW would be less fragile to deal with.