Keypad

12-key keyboard layout emulation, similar to one that is used in mobile phones.

Nokia mappings compatible with these models:

• Nokia 5220
• Nokia X3-02

Sony Ericsson mapping is compatible with this model:

• Sony Ericsson C902

Sony Siemens mapping is compatible with this model:

• Siemens A35
• Siemens M55

Usage

• delay: Key press delay between letters are reset, default: 50
• layout: Mainly affects punctuation, default: 'nokia'

var Keypad = require('keypad').Keypad,
    pad = new Keypad({
        delay: 500,
        layout: 'nokia',
    });

Emulating a button press:

pad.emit('press', '1');

Emulating a button hold:

pad.emit('hold', '2');

Getting resulting text:

console.log(pad.text);

Allowed keys are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, *, 0, #, c.

When is this useful?

When you don't like 'touch-screens'. Arduino, Raspberry PI, Tessel.

Building

• Install dev dependencies

  npm install

• Compilng ☕ CoffeeScript

  make

• Testing

  npm test

🆓 License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.