Description

When used with a Leonardo or Due board, Keyboard.begin() starts emulating a keyboard connected to a computer. To end control, use Keyboard.end().

Syntax

• Keyboard.begin()
• Keyboard.begin(layout)

Parameters

layout: the keyboard layout to use. This parameter is optional and defaults to KeyboardLayout_en_US.

Keyboard layouts

Currently, the library supports the following national keyboard layouts:

• KeyboardLayout_da_DK: Denmark
• KeyboardLayout_de_DE: Germany
• KeyboardLayout_en_US: USA
• KeyboardLayout_es_ES: Spain
• KeyboardLayout_fr_FR: France
• KeyboardLayout_hu_HU: Hungary
• KeyboardLayout_it_IT: Italy
• KeyboardLayout_pt_PT: Portugal
• KeyboardLayout_sv_SE: Sweden

Return

Nothing

Example Code

    #include <Keyboard.h>

    void setup() {
      // make pin 2 an input and turn on the
      // pullup resistor so it goes high unless
      // connected to ground:
      pinMode(2, INPUT_PULLUP);
      Keyboard.begin();
    }

    void loop() {
      //if the button is pressed
      if (digitalRead(2) == LOW) {
        //Send the message
        Keyboard.print("Hello!");
      }
    }

Notes and Warnings

Custom layouts can be created by copying and modifying an existing layout. See the instructions in the Keyboard library’s KeyboardLayout.h file.