On Jul 30, 2006, at 6:32 PM, thewade wrote:

Greetings Hans!

I have learned from the net (and from Toby - Thanks Toby!) that you
know a great deal about Human Interface Devices and interfacing
thoes devices with software.

I am hoping to be able to interface basic electronics like pan-pots
and other vairable resistances with PD in a continuous way, and I
have learnt a little about Arduino and saw that you have written an
external for PD to inerface with this device. I have a couple of questions I hope you don't mind me asking of you...

1. Does your external work in Linux, and if so does it work with

the serial or USB version of Arduino, or both serial and USB?

It consists of a Pd patch and an Arduino firmware, so it will work on
any platform. USB or serial is fine.

2. I saw a note in your patch in the Arduino site that the

interface can drain some CPU power: is Arduino the best interface
for PD and various sensors in your opinion?

"Best" depends on a lot of things. Arduino is cheap, easy, and can
do a lot. Its definitely a great way to start. Then when you have
stuff working, you can think about which is the best. It might
actually be the Arduino, or it might not.

.hc

Thanks for witing the external and doing all kinds of research!
Viva open-source! -thewade

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