Amiga Keyboards & pinouts

The following pinouts are courteousy of the Hardware Book.

5 Pin Keyboard connector

(as used on the A1000, A2000 & A3000)
5 Pin Female DIN plug at the computer.
 

Pin A1000 A2000/A3000 1 +5V KCLK 2 CLOCK KDAT 3 DATA n/c 4 GND GND 5 n/c +5V

 

Beware if using an A1000 keyboard in another Amiga and vice versa!

6 Pin Mini Din

(As used on the A4000 and CDTV)
6 Pin Female Mini DIN plug at the computer

 

Pin Name Description 1 DATA Data to/from Amiga 2 n/c   3 GND Ground 4 +5V +5V supply 5 CLOCK Clock to Amiga 6 n/c

 

CD32 Keyboard/AUX Connector

6 Pin Female Mini DIN plug at the computer

Pin Name Description 1 DATA Keyboard data 2 TXD Serial port transmit data 3 GND Ground 4 +5V +5V @ 100 mA 5 CLOCK Keyboard Clock 6 RXD Serial port receive data

 

For more details of the CD32 to serial, check out this file on Aminet (CD32-Amiga11.lha )

 A1k2-KEYB.lha            Pinout of A1200Rev.2B keyboard connector
Add pinouts from hardware book and CD32 FAQ.

Some projects

EPIC            PC Keyboard and PIC Programmer

Aminet Keyboard search, click here

KeyboardRepair.lha

Short:    How to overhaul an Amiga keyboard

This article is based on my experience with fixing "dodgy" keys for a
CBM64, an A500 and an A4000.  The methods are the same for all
keyboards that have a plastic membrane under the keys:  and I believe
this is true of the A1200, though the cable connection to the membrane
is different.

Step by step instructions are given, including the tools and materials
needed. It's not difficult.

a2k2cttvKBD.lha           CDTV gets A2000 keyboard

a2kVSA5hKBD.lha       A500 gets A2000 keyboard

Pin	Name	Dir	Description
1	/DATA		Data
2	/TxD		Transmit Data (0-5V and reversed)
3	GND		Ground
4	+5V		+5 Volts DC (100 mA max)
5	CLOCK		Clock
6	/RxD		Receive Data (0-5V and reversed)

By Ian Stedman, 13th November 2001

Updated 05 May 2012