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Newbie needing help, please. How to make a basic USB input button
Juggernaut1:
Hi,
I hope that this is the correct place to make this post.
I would like to build a simple one button USB input for my computer.
I would like it to function as follows:
1. when the button is pressed it sends the computer a continuous/repeating signal (like holding down a button on the keyboard).
2. when the button is not pressed there is no signal at all.
I am completely new to this field.
I am hoping someone can provide me with a laundry list of all of the hardware components that I would need, as well as some basic instructions on how to accomplish my goal.
I would also like to know what software, if any, I will need to make windows xp recognize and interface with the button.
I appreciate any help that I can get.
Thanks!
Juggernaut
HaRuMaN:
What will this button do? Knowing that might make it easier to help you.
jerryjanis:
You could take apart a USB keyboard (the one I'm typing on right now was $2) and do a simple 1-button keyboard hack. It sounds like that would provide the exact signal you are looking for, unless you need something that is not an actual keyboard key.
Juggernaut1:
--- Quote from: HarumaN on June 13, 2005, 08:50:13 pm ---What will this button do?
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IntruderAlert:
maybe hack a sewing machine switch?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41248&item=8198926774
you could hack one of the buttons on a USB mouse's board to it i guess