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Ash Hill

Raspberry Pi Adapter Sends Keyboard Input From iPad via HID to Devices

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pis have proven to be incredibly adaptive boards so it's no surprise when you see them turning up now and again as adapters. They can easily be used to bridge connections between devices with notable versatility. Today we have another cool adapter to share, this one created by a maker who goes by Canatee over at Reddit. Using two Raspberry Pis, Canatee is able to send text from an iPad using HID as if it were a USB keyboard.

The idea stemmed, as many do, from a need to solve a problem. In this case, Canatee regularly helps students by giving feedback on their writing. Instead of typing out common phrases over and over again on their individual devices, this setup allows them to connect the Raspberry Pi Pico and send pre-written messages instantly as if they were typed on a USB keyboard.

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