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Capture remote information into computer

Hi all, I was wondering about the possibility of capturing
information
triggered by external switches into a computer. My primary
programming
language is C#.

What I would like is to have 1 or more buttons which can be pressed
(One or
more buttons can be pressed at the same time) and I would like to
record which button has been pressed and how many times the button
has
been pressed.

Obviously this would involve some hardware (USB connection????) /
software interaction so any pointers on where to start with
connecting
a series of buttons to a computer and reading the buttons would be
appreciated!


Thanks for any / all help
Markus
 
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martin griffith

Jan 1, 1970
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On 9 Mar 2007 23:49:05 -0800, in sci.electronics.design
Hi all, I was wondering about the possibility of capturing
information
triggered by external switches into a computer. My primary
programming
language is C#.

What I would like is to have 1 or more buttons which can be pressed
(One or
more buttons can be pressed at the same time) and I would like to
record which button has been pressed and how many times the button
has
been pressed.

Obviously this would involve some hardware (USB connection????) /
software interaction so any pointers on where to start with
connecting
a series of buttons to a computer and reading the buttons would be
appreciated!


Thanks for any / all help
Markus
This may be of help:
http://www.obdev.at/products/avrusb/hidkeys.html


martin
 
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jasen

Jan 1, 1970
0
Hi all, I was wondering about the possibility of capturing
information
triggered by external switches into a computer. My primary
programming
language is C#.

What I would like is to have 1 or more buttons which can be pressed

What you are describing is called a keyboard :)
Obviously this would involve some hardware (USB connection????) /
software interaction so any pointers on where to start with
connecting
a series of buttons to a computer and reading the buttons would be
appreciated!

If you want something other than the keyboard, you could try the
joystick socket which has 8 inputs, 4 of them are configured for
ordinary mometary switches.

Bye.
Jasen
 
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