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USBHost : KeyboardController class

getKey()

Description

Reports the ASCII value of a key being pressed or released on an attached USB keyboard.

Syntax

keyboard.getKey()

Parameters

none

Returns

int : the ASCII value of the key being pressed

Example

#include <KeyboardController.h> // Initialize USB Controller
USBHost usb; // Attach Keyboard controller to USB
KeyboardController keyboard(usb) ; void setup ( ) {
  Serial.begin ( 9600 ) ;
} void keyPressed( ) {
 Serial.write (keyboard.getKey ( ) ) ;
 Serial.println ( ) ;
} void loop ( ) {
  usb.Task ( ) ; }

See Also

• keyPressed()
• keyReleased()
• getModifiers()
• getOemKey()
• KeyboardController

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