Re: USB to Parallel adapter?
- From: Rich Grise <richgrise@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:19:23 GMT
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:12:42 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:56:24 GMT, Joerg
Hello Jim,
I would think that one of you bit-bangers could design a USB-to-LPT
device and then write software to take parallel port commands and
convert them to USB (and back). No?
I was told by a (pretty good) Windows programmer that such a task of
near realtime control via USB can quickly turn into a major nightmare.
Deadline is near, stuff don't work, coffee, more coffee, Prozac...
You have to deal with numerous intricacies of Windows, a product that
isn't exactly known for flawlessness. Plus I guess the market potential
for a bitbang capable device would be slim.
So bit-bangers aren't up to analog-level design ?:-)
Ha, ha. It's not the connecting of the dots - it's trying to do _anything
at all_ synchronously on a Windoze OS.
Good Luck!
Rich
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