Hi kids,
I finally finished a more or less stable and official release of the 'hidin' object for Pd on Windows. It allows to read in data from HID USB devices like gamepads and joysticks on Windows (and only Windows). Does not work with mice and keyboards due to some access restrictions on Windows. I just tested it with my gamepad and it seems to work. Hope it works with other devices too... if not: install Linux!
Get it here: http://www.akustische-kunst.org/puredata/hidin1.0test1.zip
best, Olaf (who wasn't there)