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Bluefruit Ez-key

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Just received this and remapped it fine for all 12 keys.

I noticed when I connect pin 0..11 to ground that when connected to an ipod
using the notes app that it outputs multiple characters .. is there any way to limit it
to just 1 character?

For example .. if pin 0 is connected it sends:
0000000000000000000000000000000

rather than just
0

I am hoping to use this without having to use an Arduino processor.

Thank you

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Re: Bluefruit Ez-key

Post by adafruit »

You're seeing the keyrepeat - thats actually part of iOS - if you ground down for a period of time it interprets it as a held keydown and iOS will repeat that key just like a computer would

if its possible to turn off key repeat in the OS, do that. otherwise, only ground the pin for a short period of time. the only guaranteed way to send only one key at a time is to use an arduino via the UART

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