[Cialug] Pressing a button remotely

[Nathan Stien]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Matthew Nuzum <matthew.nuzum at canonical.com
> wrote:

>
> FTDI makes a very hacker friendly usb part. http://www.dlpdesign.com/
> has some details, especially the 232R. It has windows, mac and Linux
> drivers and in addition to being a usb to serial adapter it also has a
> "bit bang" mode that lets you do things like toggle a relay.
>

This was my favorite USB chip for prototype designs back when I was doing a
lot of embedded consulting.  They are indeed pretty easy to work with, both
in terms of the hardware and the win/linux drivers.

http://www.intra2net.com/de/produkte/opensource/ftdi/

- Nathan
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