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Typing Assistant based on 8051 microcontroller

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Just as a PC software, that are being used in PCs to increase the typing skill and speed in a computer keyboard, this device has been developed to do the same job but without any PC. The device has a PS/2 keyboard port to connect a computer PS/2 keyboard (not an USB keyboard) and a LCD screen to display. When the circuit is assembled and programmed, a PS/2 keyboard has to be connected at the PS/2 socket provided in the device and it then serves as a portable TYPING ENHANCER. It needs only a 5V power supply and nothing else. It has no connection with PC.

 
OPERATION:
 
When the device is powered up by a 5V power supply, it prompts as “PLEASE PRESS ANY ALPHABET TO PLAY”. If the user presses a non-alphabet key, the device will continue prompting the same. When an alphabet is pressed, it will prompt “PRESS THE LETTER” in the upper line of the LCD screen and an alphabet in the lower line of the LCD screen. The user needs to press the displayed alphabet on the keyboard. If the pressed alphabet is correct, it will prompt as “THAT IS CORRECT” and then again another alphabet will be displayed. If the pressed alphabet is wrong, it will prompt as “THAT IS WRONG” and then again another alphabet will be displayed. The game goes on.
 
COMPONENTS:
 
1.      AT89S52 Microcontroller [1]
2.      11.0592 MHz Crystal [1]
3.      PS/2 Keyboard Socket [1]
5.      PS/2 Keyboard [1]
 
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:
Typing Assistant based on 8051 microcontroller
 
 
The circuit diagram is to be connected as shown. The extra component which is not shown in the circuit diagram is the Computer PS/2 Keyboard (not a USB Keyboard). A computer Keyboard is to be connected at the PS/2 socket provided in the circuit diagram.
The device has very limited hardware but its software part is somewhat complicated. The description of the software is given below.
 

Software Structure

SOFTWARE STRUCTURE:
 
The software of the project first prompts the user to enter an alphabet. Then it checks whether the pressed key is really an alphabet or a non-alphabet. If it is non-alphabet, the software prompts again to press an alphabet. If it is an alphabet, the software moves forward. The software then generates a random alphabet and displays it and asks the user to press the displayed alphabet. The software then reads the key that is being pressed by the user and checks it whether it is same with the displayed key. If it is equal, it displays as correct otherwise wrong. The software then continues. 
The software has various parts. Let me to describe them one by one.
 
1.      The first part of the software fetches the SCAN CODE from the PS/2 keyboard and converts it to an equivalent ASCII code.
SCAN CODE is a code which is send by a keyboard to a computer whenever a key is pressed. All the keys have different scan code. So it is possible to detect which key is pressed on the keyboard by looking at the scan code the keyboard has sent to the computer. But this device has NO LINK with a computer for its operation and the keyboard is connected to the device. So this part of the software does the job of detecting the scan code send by the keyboard. The scan code, then, needs to be converted to equivalent ASCII code. The reason behind this is that the LCD Screen that we have used here can display alphabets only when the equivalent ASCII code is sent to the LCD screen.
 
2.      The second part of the software checks whether the ASCII CODE is among the Alphabets.
As the device is designed to work with the ALPHABETS only, so the other keys on the keyboard is of no interest. So this part of the software is included to check for alphabets and it does the job by comparing the ASCII code of the pressed key and the ASCII code of the alphabets.
 
3.      The third part of the software generates a RANDOM number between ‘A’ and ‘Z’ to display the alphabet on the Screen.
This part of the software moves the game on by generating and displaying Random Alphabets on the screen. To this job, the software does some arithmetic calculation with the last pressed key by the USER.
 
4.      The last part of the software checks whether the pressed key by the USER is the same key as displayed on the screen.
This part takes help of the first and second part to compare the key pressed by the USER and the alphabet displayed on the screen. If it finds them equal, it informs the USER as correct otherwise wrong.
 

PS/2 KEYBOARD PROTOCOL

MORE DETAILS ON PS/2 KEYBOARD PROTOCOL:
 
The PS/2 keyboard protocol covers a vast area to depict and needs to be studied separately. Still I shall try to give you an overall idea how a PS/2 keyboard works with a computer and how this project serves as a host for the PS/2 keyboard.
If you open a PS/2 keyboard, you ca see a small PCB inside it and an inbuilt silicon chip (or an IC) on the PCB. This inbuilt silicon chip (or the IC) is nothing but a microcontroller known as KEYBOARD ENCODER. This KEYBOARD ENCODER continuously polls the keys and as a key is pressed by an USER, it generates a specific code for the pressed key known as SCAN CODE and sends the code to the computer using some kind of communication protocol. This SCAN CODE is then decoded and interpreted by another microcontroller inside the computer known as KEYBOARD CONTROLLER. The decoded SCAN CODE is then passed to the main processor of the computer. After this step the responsibility of the KEYBOARD CONTROLLER ends and the communication between the keyboard and the computer gets over. So this is the overall idea of working between a keyboard and a computer.
 
Now let us discuss what happens when an USER presses a key on the keyboard. The SCAN CODE said before actually has two parts- MAKE CODE and BREAK CODE. Both these codes combine to form the SCAN CODE. The MAKE CODE is generated by the KEYBOARD ENCODER when an USER just presses the key and the BREAK CODE is generated when the USER release the key. For example, when the key ESC is pressed the MAKE CODE generated by the KEYBOARD ENCODER is 76H and sends to the computer. When the pressed ESC key is released, the BREAK CODE is generated by the KEYBOARD ENCODER is F0H, 76H and then again this code is send to the computer. In this way the KEYBOARD ENCODER generates code for all the keys and sends to the computer. The lists of the SCAN CODES of all the keys of a keyboard are given below.
 
In case of a keyboard and a computer, the computer acts as a host for the keyboard and the KEYBOARD CONTROLLER inbuilt inside the computer handles the operation. But as no computer is involved in this project, the AT89S52 microcontroller serves as the host for the keyboard and the program written for the microcontroller serves as a KEYBOARD CONTROLLER. It is worth notifying that in case of computer, the KEYBOARD CONTROLLER is a specific hardware part for the job but in this project no such specific hardware KEYBOARD CONTROLLER is used instead the AT89S52 microcontroller has been programmed to do the job.
 
Let us now discuss about the communication protocol of the keyboard.
 
The keyboard has four wires. They are 5V supply line, Ground line, Clock line and Data line. The 5V and the Ground are power supply line and have no contribution during communication. The Clock line and Data line participates during communication. The keyboard communication protocol is a serial communication protocol. The keyboard sends data in the following order:-
 
– 1 start bit (always 0);
– 8 data bits (LSB first);
– 1 parity bit (if number of ones is even, then parity bit = 1);
– 1 stop bit (always 1).
 
The data are sent by the keyboard serially using the data line. The clock line synchronizes the data line during communication. The clock is produced by the keyboard itself. A diagram for both the line status has been given below.
 
TYPING-ENHANCER.jpg
 
When the KEYBOARD ENCODER detects a pressed key, it sends the SCAN CODE generated to the host using the above protocol. As the host for the keyboard in this project is the microcontroller itself, so program is written to detect the serial SCAN CODE. It is to mention
 
here that the keyboard sends one byte of data at a time. (From 0 to 7 bits contribute to form one byte in the above picture). The program detects each bit of one byte data at the rising edge of the each clock pulse.
 

NOTE:-  As I said previously, the PS/2 working and its protocol is a vast topic and needs to be studied separately. I have tried to produce a short description before you; here I would notify you that the communication described above is only by the KEYBOARD to HOST i.e. when the keyboard talks to the host, the above communication protocol is used. But when the HOST wants to communicate to the KEYBOARD, the communication protocol will be again different from it. In this project, we don’t need the HOST to KEYBOARD protocol and so it is omitted. Also, there are in total three SCAN CODE set but here I have shown you only the SCAN CODE set 2 as I have experimented only with that SCAN CODE set.

 

SCAN CODE 

 

 
KEY
 
MAKE
 
BREAK
 
KEY
 
MAKE
 
BREAK
 
KEY
 
MAKE
 
BREAK
A
1C
F0,1C
9
46
F0,46
[
54
FO,54
B
32
F0,32
`
0E
F0,0E
INSERT
E0,70
E0,F0,70
C
21
F0,21
–
4E
F0,4E
HOME
E0,6C
E0,F0,6C
D
23
F0,23
=
55
FO,55
PG UP
E0,7D
E0,F0,7D
E
24
F0,24
5D
F0,5D
DELETE
E0,71
E0,F0,71
F
2B
F0,2B
BKSP
66
F0,66
END
E0,69
E0,F0,69
G
34
F0,34
SPACE
29
F0,29
PG DN
E0,7A
E0,F0,7A
H
33
F0,33
TAB
0D
F0,0D
U ARROW
E0,75
E0,F0,75
I
43
F0,43
CAPS
58
F0,58
L ARROW
E0,6B
E0,F0,6B
J
3B
F0,3B
L SHFT
12
FO,12
D ARROW
E0,72
E0,F0,72
K
42
F0,42
L CTRL
14
FO,14
R ARROW
E0,74
E0,F0,74
L
4B
F0,4B
L GUI
E0,1F
E0,F0,1F
NUM
77
F0,77
M
3A
F0,3A
L ALT
11
F0,11
KP /
E0,4A
E0,F0,4A
N
31
F0,31
R SHFT
59
F0,59
KP *
7C
F0,7C
O
44
F0,44
R CTRL
E0,14
E0,F0,14
KP –
7B
F0,7B
P
4D
F0,4D
R GUI
E0,27
E0,F0,27
KP +
79
F0,79
Q
15
F0,15
R ALT
E0,11
E0,F0,11
KP EN
E0,5A
E0,F0,5A
R
2D
F0,2D
APPS
E0,2F
E0,F0,2F
KP .
71
F0,71
S
1B
F0,1B
ENTER
5A
F0,5A
KP 0
70
F0,70
T
2C
F0,2C
ESC
76
F0,76
KP 1
69
F0,69
U
3C
F0,3C
F1
05
F0,05
KP 2
72
F0,72
V
2A
F0,2A
F2
06
F0,06
KP 3
7A
F0,7A
W
1D
F0,1D
F3
04
F0,04
KP 4
6B
F0,6B
X
22
F0,22
F4
0C
F0,0C
KP 5
73
F0,73
Y
35
F0,35
F5
03
F0,03
KP 6
74
F0,74
Z
1A
F0,1A
F6
0B
F0,0B
KP 7
6C
F0,6C
0
45
F0,45
F7
83
F0,83
KP 8
75
F0,75
1
16
F0,16
F8
0A
F0,0A
KP 9
7D
F0,7D
2
1E
F0,1E
F9
01
F0,01
]
5B
F0,5B
3
26
F0,26
F10
09
F0,09
;
4C
F0,4C
4
25
F0,25
F11
78
F0,78
‘
52
F0,52
5
2E
F0,2E
F12
07
F0,07
,
41
F0,41
6
36
F0,36
PRNT
SCRN
E0,12,
E0,7C
E0,F0,
7C,E0,
F0,12
.
49
F0,49
7
3D
F0,3D
SCROLL
7E
F0,7E
/
4A
F0,4A
8
3E
F0,3E
PAUSE
E1,14,77,
E1,F0,14,
F0,77
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Project Source Code

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                                ORG 00H
HARDWARE_CONNECTION:
                        LCD_DATA  EQU P2
                        LCD_RS    EQU P1.0
                        LCD_EN    EQU P1.1                        
                        KBD_DATA  EQU P1.2
                        KBD_CLK   EQU P1.3
 
SOFTWARE_VARIABLE:
                        TEMPVAR_1 EQU R0
                        TEMPVAR_2 EQU 30H
                        DISPLAYED_KEY EQU 31H
                        READY_DATA EQU R2
                        ASCII EQU R3
                        PRESET_VALUE EQU R4
                        TEMPVAR_5 EQU R5
                        TEMPVAR_6 EQU R6
                        TEMPVAR_7 EQU R7                      
 
 
LCD_INITIALIZATION:                 
                        MOV A,#38H                                                                         
                        ACALL LCD_COMND_WRT
                        MOV A,#0CH
                        ACALL LCD_COMND_WRT
                        MOV A,#01H
                        ACALL LCD_COMND_WRT                     
                        MOV A,#80H                                                                
                        ACALL LCD_COMND_WRT
                        MOV DPTR,#TYPING                        
                        ACALL STRING_DISPLAY
                        ACALL DELAY_ONES                   
 
                        MOV PRESET_VALUE,#0AH
                                    
PROMT_TO_START:
                        MOV A,#80H                                                 ;ASK TO PRESS AN ALPHABET
                        ACALL LCD_COMND_WRT
                        MOV DPTR,#PRESS_ALPHABET_1                        
                        ACALL STRING_DISPLAY
                        MOV A,#0C0H                                                                         
                        ACALL LCD_COMND_WRT
                        MOV DPTR,#PRESS_ALPHABET_2                        
                        ACALL STRING_DISPLAY
                                                                                                                           
                        ACALL READ_KEY                                                            ;READ THE ALPHABET
                                    
                        MOV A,ASCII                                                           ;CHECK FOR KEY OTHER THAN ALPHABET
                        CJNE A,#00H,CONTINUE
                        SJMP PROMT_TO_START                                      ;IF KEY IS OTHER THAN ALPHABET
 
CONTINUE:                                                                          ;IF KEY IS AN ALPHABET
                        MOV A,ASCII
                        ADD A,PRESET_VALUE
                        ACALL COMPARE_ASCII
                        
                        MOV A,#01H                                                 ;ASK TO PRESS THE DISPLAYED ALPHABET
                        ACALL LCD_COMND_WRT
                        MOV A,#80H                                                               
                        ACALL LCD_COMND_WRT
                        MOV DPTR,#PRESS_DIS_ALPHABET                   
                        ACALL STRING_DISPLAY                       
                        
                        MOV A,#0C7H                                                                        
                        ACALL LCD_COMND_WRT
                        MOV A,READY_DATA
                        MOV DISPLAYED_KEY,A
                        ACALL LCD_DATA_WRT
                        CLR C
                        SUBB A,#40H
                        MOV PRESET_VALUE,A
                        SJMP CHK_KEY
 
 
 
 
 
COMPARE_ASCII:                                                                          ;COMPARING ASCII CODE WITH 'Z'
                                            
                        CJNE A,#5AH,DATA_NOT_EQUAL         
DATA_EQUAL:                                                                                ;WHEN ASCII CODE EQUAL TO 'Z'
                        INC PRESET_VALUE
                        INC PRESET_VALUE
                        CLR C
                        SUBB A,PRESET_VALUE
                        MOV READY_DATA,A
                        RET
DATA_NOT_EQUAL:                                                                                  ;CHECKING FOR < OR >, WHEN NOT EQUAL TO 'Z'
                        JNC NOT_NORMAL
DATA_NORMAL:                                                                            ;WHEN ASCII CODE < 'Z'                                                                          
                        MOV READY_DATA,A
                        RET
NOT_NORMAL:                                                                               ;WHEN ASCII CODE > 'Z'  
                        CLR C
                        SUBB A,#5AH
                        ADD A,#40H
                        MOV READY_DATA,A
                        RET
 
 
 
CHK_KEY:    ACALL READ_KEY
 
                        MOV A,ASCII
                        CJNE A,#00H,MOVE_ON
                        MOV ASCII,#45H
                        SJMP NOT_EQUAL
MOVE_ON:   CJNE A,DISPLAYED_KEY,NOT_EQUAL
 
                        MOV A,#01H
                        ACALL LCD_COMND_WRT
                        MOV A,#80H
                        ACALL LCD_COMND_WRT
                        MOV DPTR,#TATS_CORRECT                     
                        ACALL STRING_DISPLAY
                        ACALL DELAY_ONES
                        LJMP CONTINUE
 
NOT_EQUAL:
                        MOV A,#01H
                        ACALL LCD_COMND_WRT
                        MOV A,#80H
                        ACALL LCD_COMND_WRT
                        MOV DPTR,#TATS_WRONG                        
                        ACALL STRING_DISPLAY
                        ACALL DELAY_ONES
                        LJMP CONTINUE
 
 
READ_KEY:
                        MOV TEMPVAR_2,#03H
READ_KEY_AGAIN:
                        MOV A,#00H
                        CLR C
                        MOV TEMPVAR_1,#08H                                        
                        JB KBD_CLK,$
                        JNB KBD_CLK,$
                        JB KBD_CLK,$
                        JNB KBD_CLK,$
                        READ_KEY_BACK:
                        MOV C,KBD_DATA
                        RRC A
                        JB KBD_CLK,$
                        JNB KBD_CLK,$
                        DJNZ TEMPVAR_1,READ_KEY_BACK
                        JNB KBD_CLK,$
                        JB KBD_CLK,$
                        JNB KBD_CLK,$
                        DJNZ TEMPVAR_2,READ_KEY_AGAIN
 
PRESS_A:CJNE A,#1CH,PRESS_B
                        MOV ASCII,#41H
                        RET
PRESS_B:CJNE A,#32H,PRESS_C
                        MOV ASCII,#42H
                        RET
PRESS_C:CJNE A,#21H,PRESS_D
                        MOV ASCII,#43H
                        RET
PRESS_D:CJNE A,#23H,PRESS_E
                        MOV ASCII,#44H
                        RET
PRESS_E:CJNE A,#24H,PRESS_F
                        MOV ASCII,#45H
                        RET
PRESS_F:CJNE A,#2BH,PRESS_G
                        MOV ASCII,#46H
                        RET
PRESS_G:CJNE A,#34H,PRESS_H
                        MOV ASCII,#47H
                        RET
PRESS_H:CJNE A,#33H,PRESS_I
                        MOV ASCII,#48H
                        RET
PRESS_I:CJNE A,#43H,PRESS_J
                        MOV ASCII,#49H
                        RET
PRESS_J:CJNE A,#3BH,PRESS_K
                        MOV ASCII,#4AH
                        RET
PRESS_K:CJNE A,#42H,PRESS_L
                        MOV ASCII,#4BH
                        RET
PRESS_L:CJNE A,#4BH,PRESS_M
                        MOV ASCII,#4CH
                        RET
PRESS_M:CJNE A,#3AH,PRESS_N
                        MOV ASCII,#4DH
                        RET
PRESS_N:CJNE A,#31H,PRESS_O
                        MOV ASCII,#4EH
                        RET
PRESS_O:CJNE A,#44H,PRESS_P
                        MOV ASCII,#4FH
                        RET
PRESS_P:CJNE A,#4DH,PRESS_Q
                        MOV ASCII,#50H
                        RET
PRESS_Q:CJNE A,#15H,PRESS_R
                        MOV ASCII,#51H
                        RET
PRESS_R:CJNE A,#2DH,PRESS_S
                        MOV ASCII,#52H
                        RET
PRESS_S:CJNE A,#1BH,PRESS_T
                        MOV ASCII,#53H
                        RET
PRESS_T:CJNE A,#2CH,PRESS_U
                        MOV ASCII,#54H
                        RET
PRESS_U:CJNE A,#3CH,PRESS_V
                        MOV ASCII,#55H
                        RET
PRESS_V:CJNE A,#2AH,PRESS_W
                        MOV ASCII,#56H
                        RET
PRESS_W:CJNE A,#1DH,PRESS_X
                        MOV ASCII,#57H
                        RET
PRESS_X:CJNE A,#22H,PRESS_Y
                        MOV ASCII,#58H
                        RET
PRESS_Y:CJNE A,#35H,PRESS_Z
                        MOV ASCII,#59H
                        RET
PRESS_Z:CJNE A,#1AH,EXIT
                        MOV ASCII,#5AH
                        RET
EXIT:              MOV ASCII,#00H
                        RET
 
 
LCD_COMND_WRT:                                                                                                  
                        MOV LCD_DATA,A
                        CLR LCD_RS
                        SETB LCD_EN
                        ACALL DELAY_NINE
                        CLR LCD_EN
                        RET
LCD_DATA_WRT:                                                                                       
                        MOV LCD_DATA,A
                        SETB LCD_RS
                        SETB LCD_EN
                        ACALL DELAY_NINE 
                        CLR LCD_EN
                        RET
DELAY_NINE:         
                        MOV TEMPVAR_5,#16                                                       
                        NINE_BACK:MOV TEMPVAR_6,#250     
                        DJNZ TEMPVAR_6,$                       
                        DJNZ TEMPVAR_5,NINE_BACK 
                        RET
DELAY_ONES:        
            MOV TEMPVAR_5,#9
                        NEE_BACK:MOV TEMPVAR_6,#255                                                       
                        NE_BACK:MOV TEMPVAR_7,#255         
                        DJNZ TEMPVAR_7,$                       
                        DJNZ TEMPVAR_6,NE_BACK
                        DJNZ TEMPVAR_5,NEE_BACK   
                        RET
STRING_DISPLAY:                                                                                                 
            DIS_BACK:CLR A
                        MOVC A,@A+DPTR
                        JZ DIS_OUT
                        ACALL LCD_DATA_WRT
                        INC DPTR
                        SJMP DIS_BACK
                        DIS_OUT:RET
 
TYPING:                    DB 'TYPING ENHANCER',0
PRESS_ALPHABET_1:        DB 'PLEASE PRESS ANY',0
PRESS_ALPHABET_2:        DB 'ALPHABET TO PLAY',0
PRESS_DIS_ALPHABET:   DB 'PRESS THE LETTER',0
TATS_CORRECT:                 DB 'THAT IS CORRECT',0
TATS_WRONG:                    DB 'THAT IS WRONG',0
                        END
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