dgiles@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Darren Giles) (09/26/90)
A friend of mine is working on a project, and wanted to get some
feedback on what the alleged "real world" thinks. Basically, it'd be
a multi-controller which would talk to a computer through a serial
port on one end, and all kinds of goodies through various signals on
the other. Tenatively, it would have 4 analog inputs and 20 digital
input/output (software selectable) lines.
The idea is that you'd connect it to your computer (it'd come with
XCMDs and sample code for the Mac, but shouldn't be hard to control
from any computer) and use it to interface to all kinds of "real-
world" devices. Some possible applications:
- joystick input
- other custom input devices
- alternate reality experimentation (this should be flexible enough
to interface a PowerGlove, and then some)
- robotics experimentation
- BSR home controller-type stuff
What he asked me to do is to find out if people are interested
enough for it to be worth his time to develop. He's hoping to get
costs down to around $100 or so per unit. Please mail me if you
would be interested in such a controller, or have some nifty ideas
what to use it for. Thanks!
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+-------------------------------------+ Loses something in translation, eh?francis@arthur.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) (10/01/90)
In article <26ffa898.6cf9@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> dgiles@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Darren Giles) writes: > A friend of mine is working on a project, and wanted to get some >feedback on what the alleged "real world" thinks. Basically, it'd be >a multi-controller which would talk to a computer through a serial >port on one end, and all kinds of goodies through various signals on >the other. Tenatively, it would have 4 analog inputs and 20 digital >input/output (software selectable) lines. [...] >costs down to around $100 or so per unit. Please mail me if you Sorry, but what's wrong with ADB? (aside from the # of inputs available). (Forgive me if I'm being dense here--maybe this would simplify some design stuff I don't know about.) Most people aren't going to have >7 inputs connected to their Mac, eh? (Sounds good for lab & industrial use, though.) =============================================================================== | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | A mathematician is a professional |