Need help on "USB", "PS2" pin info

[TimeKeeper]

Can anyone show me how to convert PS2 to USB? (please, I don't need converter.)

There are 6 pin arrangement from PS2 and there are 4 pin + 1 ground arrangement from USB.
Assuming you have to fuse them together, is it possible?

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:0: = PS2 has black/white/yellow/orange/red/blue
-- --
=== = USB has black/white/red/blue + one huge black

hope you guys understand what I meant....🙁

 

[Mark R]

The signals are not compatible between the two connections.

You need to use a microprocessor or other circuit to convert the signals.

 

[crazychicken]

if that is true then why does a usb to ps2 converter work?
pm me w/ answer
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[NaughtyusMaximus]

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I need this info too!

 

[Slacker]

I just disassembled a usb>ps2 adapter, it uses three wires and the ground, the device has to be compatible for the adapter to work though, the microprocessor mentioned above would likely be in the device connected to the adapter.

 

[CZroe]

Correct. The mouse itself detects the connection to the USB port and sends a different signal through the PS2 connector (So it's no longer a PS2 mouse at all). Try it on another PS2 mouse... You'll see!

 

[CZroe]

Oh yeah, you can buy a generic PS2 USB adapter, but it's a little bulky (Dongle)

 

[NaughtyusMaximus]

<< Oh yeah, you can buy a generic PS2 USB adapter, but it's a little bulky (Dongle) >>



Any idea where?

 

[WarCon]

Not sure it goes that direction. Doesn't the circuitry in the mouse determine which connector you are using? I suppose for a PS/2 only you could just make a straight reverse adapter to usb. Then you would have to write a HID (Human interface driver) to support the ps2 data coming from the mouse. Don't suppose it would be that hard if you know how to code drivers and have a basic understanding of PS/2. (I haven't coded since Pascal and DOS 5.0.......🙂)

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Or as Mark R suggested, you could make a USB-powered active adapter with converter chip.