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attatching power pad to computer
rachelb:
I am a graphic design student working on a project involving an interactive presentation. I would like to attach a Nintendo Power Pad or similar device to my computer (mac) and have the buttons register as keyboard keystrokes. This way the user's movements on the pad are received by the computer as if he were hitting letters on a keyboard.
Any idea how i can go about doing this? Would it be easier to build my own pad? I don't have any electronics background.
Much thanks!
ChadTower:
It would be easier to use a DDR pad, likely with a console-USB adapter.
rachelb:
could i make the ddr pad register as keystokes on my computer? how would i go about doing that?
shardian:
--- Quote from: rachelb on December 17, 2007, 10:52:23 am ---could i make the ddr pad register as keystokes on my computer? how would i go about doing that?
--- End quote ---
you just need a playstation pc adapter. You plug the adapter into the usb slot, then plug the pad into the adapter. It is recognized as a game pad.
rachelb:
i want it to register as keystrokes so i can build a presentation in flash that responds to key presses. in the presentation i will designate certain keys to do certain functions when pressed but instead of the user actually pressing those keys on the keyboard, they step in certain areas of the pad. i do not want the pad for ddr, rather to replace a keyboard with letters.
can i do this with a ddr pad? can i hook the pad up to my computer and write an email with it, for example?
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