Here is my project. There is a website which helps you learn morse code (lcwo.net) and one of the features they have is a morse to text converter. This allows you to tap out morse code using the mouse and it will convert to text. For a more realistic experience, I would like to be able to use a real telegraph key. My thought is to use a small microcontroller to provide the usb interface and I would only need one button and none of the x, y, or scroll.
I have no experience with microcontrollers and wanted to know which would be a good fit for this application. I found a few PDFs that discuss using an atmel avr for a usb mouse application, but they focus primarily on the usb side of things and not the hardware. I thought of buying a cheap usb mouse (all the extras I have are ps2), but I though this would be a good challenge and introduction to microcontrollers. Thanks.
