Using a Keybard as a controller?

[ekapalka]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

I'm afraid I'm more confused than before.

What do you mean by "competition legal", and how does what you want to do differ from using the computer's built-in keyboard?

... I researched this topic here before I decided to ask this question, and some people said hat there were legality issues with modifying the driver station (I guess anyone could have said that...). I also wanted to stay away from the main keyboard in case the driver accidentally hits the space bar or something and e-stops the robot. I would like to use a keyboard more like a joystick, where the button presses can be registered, but are meaningless unless the program says so (basically the keyboard doesn't type. It's just a bunch of buttons waiting to be told what to correspond to). In addition, I figured it might be easier to program.