keypad

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 mappings are compatible with these models:

• Sony Ericsson C902

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 :coffee: CoffeeScript

  make
  

• Testing

  npm test
  

:free: 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/.