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I have a trackpoint from a thinkpad keyboard with a trackpoint mounting a PTPM754DR microcontroller, what I'm trying to do is to find the usage of various pin on the trackpoint board and connect them to a teensy 2.0 that already controls a keyboard (I'm using this firmware https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard), what I've found on various sites and forums like geekhack are info from other trackpoints with a different pinout, I say so because I've traced at least the mouse buttons and saw the vcc and ground that have bigger traces than the others, how can I find the purpose of other pins? I cannot connect that keyboard back to a laptop.

Here is some images of the trackpoint and what I was able, probably, to trace

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According to this post on the geekhack forum:

R61 trackpoint pinout (with PTPM754DR) « Reply #20 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 08:04:09 »

  1. DATA
  2. RST
  3. BTN1
  4. BTN2
  5. BTN3
  6. CLOCK
  7. GND
  8. VCC

When connecting to PS/2 interface, DATA and CLK should be pulled up to vcc using 4k7 resistor, RST to GND using 100k resistor and RST to vcc using 2.2uF capacitor.

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Notice the boards look identical. Also this other post and another:

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That last post has everything you need for using your trackpoint on the TMK firmware too.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ I saw both of those posts but does this mean I got my tracing wrong? (notice the mouse pinout I was able to trace with a tester) I don't want to fry the teensy by connecting wrong pins, is there a precaution I can take in this regard? \$\endgroup\$
    – araif
    Commented Feb 17, 2015 at 18:11
  • \$\begingroup\$ @araif your traced mouse buttons match theirs. 3rd, 4th, 5th traces, starting from the bottom. Your board has a trace that looks empty, ignore that one, and start counting from the first trace the cable is wired to. \$\endgroup\$
    – Passerby
    Commented Feb 17, 2015 at 18:22
  • \$\begingroup\$ yes but I have btn2 and btn1 inverted, I tested that different time and I'm pretty sure is not a mistake, but I'll retry later this evening. \$\endgroup\$
    – araif
    Commented Feb 17, 2015 at 18:28
  • \$\begingroup\$ @araif the buttons are arbitrary. A switch is a switch, doesn't matter if you call it btn1 or btn2. \$\endgroup\$
    – Passerby
    Commented Feb 17, 2015 at 18:29
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    \$\begingroup\$ @araif these boards are so similar, there is no reason to expect that. And even then, these are all outputs except for clk. And ps/2 is an open drain protocol. The pull up resistor does the work. You'll be fine. \$\endgroup\$
    – Passerby
    Commented Feb 17, 2015 at 18:49

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