News Building a button interface at Modasylum

Over at Modasylum, "Marsupial" shows us how to build a button interface from scratch that you can plug into your serial port to do just about anything you can imagine, from run macros, keystrokes, winamp etc:

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"Sometimes the standard inputs are not ennough for advanced users needs. Can it be for macros in games, media control over an HTPC or a MP3 machine or application launcher buttons, a button input device can often come in handy."

Full article here

 

Excelent

Its about time there was a decent guide on this, i'm starting building today, hope i've got enough diodes in stock though .

Anyone got any code for using this with VB or do i have to figure that out myself?

 

So you would be able to sort out the circuit boards for this right ?

 

Never thought of that, yes i can

 

Good good.

Would this thing work with a USB to serial adapter ?

I'm thinking breakout box with LCD to monitor CPU speed / seti progress or whatever, maybe knob to control fan speed, cos Im sure in cold weather I can reduce the speed of the 120mm fan on the rad and still maintain temps ...

Buttons to control winamp ...

Maybe some to launch a few programs, say winamp, IE, outlook, WMP, VNC-viewer


In a nice black alu box with red lighting to match with my case.