Re: Intercepting Microsoft wireless keyboard communications

"James A. Donald" <jamesdecheque.com> writes:

>At every block boundary, keyboard transmits a special
signal in the clear
>that signifies block boundary.  Any time that no key has
been pressed for a
>while, then when a key is finally pressed, keyboard
transmits a bunch of no-
>ops sufficient to ensure that the recipient has recently
received an entire
>block, followed by a complete description of current
keyboard state, so that

... the battery runs down in a fraction of the time that it
does for any other
keyboard on the market.

Would it be possible to use load modulation (e.g. ISO 14443,
for which
transponders are readily available) to get around this,
where the power for
the communication is supplied by the PC?  That way you could
have a protocol
that's as chatty as you like without your keyboard ending up
as an advertising
device to make your competitors' products look good.

Peter.

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