INterfacing with Phidgets...

Ben Rubinstein benr_mc at cogapp.com
Wed Dec 20 14:19:24 EST 2006


On 6/11/06 16:33, Lynn Fredricks wrote:
>
>> I wonder, from those who understand such things, how one 
>> would make Revolution talk to phidgets 
>> (http://www.phidgets.com/index.php), which are essentially 
>> little USB sensors/controllers etc. There are a whole set of 
>> libraries available, but I wonder which is the route of least 
>> resistance? I asked about a CLI, but there are reasons why 
>> this will never happen, so talking to phidgets through shell 
>> commands won't work.
> 
> Hi Rob,
> 
> We have some robotic coverage already but...Id be interested in knowing what
> sort of projects you have in mind for these.

I missed this conversation the first time round, but found it in a search as I 
was setting out to write a message to the list asking if there were any 
externals or other experience available with interface Rev to Phidgets.

In answer to the question why Phidgets when there are other devices available: 
I'd say
   (a) Phidgets are very cheap, compared with the other direct USB devices 
I've spotted (eg SERVICE USB) (and SERVICE USB is curiously Mac-centric).
   (b) they have a particularly wide range of useful/interesting/fun devices, 
and this is growing; and as far as I can tell, once there was a library it 
should work for all devices, or at least require only minimal extension
   (c) finally, and I think this is conclusive, there's this:
      http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=4117580369584146059&q=phidget

Now that's why I think it would be great to have an interface between Rev and 
Phidgets!

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