I just received an inexpensive keypad from SparkFun the other day and have attempted to hook it up with no such luck yet. I’m hoping I am just being stupid about the whole thing. I grabbed the Keypad Library from the Arduino Playground and set the correct pins according to the Arduino tutorial. No such luck.

So I started doing a little research and realized real quick that the only thing SparkFun provided was an image of the circuit board and code for a PIC controller which may or may not be the right diagram of the keypad.

So I started really studying the picture provided of the board and started adding up the numbers and ended up connecting the Arduino pins to pin numbers on the keypad that would corresponded with the graphic.

Here is the keypad.
SparkFun 12 Button Keypad

I am still working on this. For now, up to the minute discussion can be found on the Arduino Forum.

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One Response to “Biggest Headache: SparkFun 4×3 Keypad”

  1. on 30 Jun 2008 at 4:53 am turquand

    Did you get anywhere with this? I am having real difficulties wiring up my 4×3 keypad. Would love to know your wiring / any amendments to the library you had to make.

    Thanks,

    T

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