Re: Hobbyist-to-USB adapter?

From: Dave Garnett (dave.garnett_at_metapurple.co.uk)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 09:17:58 +0100

The dlp stuff http://www.dlpdesign.com/ uses the ftdi chips and is easy to
use. The modules with built in PIC are particularly convenient.

<Usual disclaimer>

Dave

"Rich Grise" <null@example.net> wrote in message
news:QkM2d.97$Bg5.16@trnddc07...
> Is there such a thing as a hobbyist-to-USB adapter? Or, maybe
> the question should be, how hard is it to interface to a USB
> port?
>
> Where do you start looking for something like that? Google
> "usb port spec", I suppose. ;-)
>
> The reason I ask is that I was just sitting here musing about
> this laptop I have - I can play video games on it with MAME.
> So I could go to a bar and sit and play my computer. ;-)
>
> Or, find some way to plug in a set of controls, and play
> competitively in bars. >:->
>
> My laptop[0] has a serial, LPT, 2x USB, 2X some card bus thingie
> that takes something almost exactly the size of the Star Trek
> "tapes," with a connector very much like an ordinary 40-pin
> IDC header, but mini. It also says something about IR when it
> boots. So I have a lot of options.
>
> Let the melee begin!
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
>
> [0]
> IBM Thinkpad T30
> P4 1.2GHz
> Slack/WinXP
> MAME ;-)
>

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