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dirtdiver over 13 years ago

Can I somehow control..say a program or a game on my pc from a button on the arduino, (directly or through processing or whatever)

Im trying to make H shifter for a game.

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Former Member over 13 years ago

Yes, you can. Take a look at the Processing language. There are also some examples in the Arduino Cookbook. And you should check out the Arduino Playground for a little more info on using Processing with the Arduino.

Hope that helps.
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dirtdiver over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

i cant find examples of arduino keyboard or something like that..can you point me in the right direction?
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Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to dirtdiver

Try this thread.

Check out Arduino Cookbook, chapter 4. (check out table of contents on that link)
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dirtdiver over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

yea, im heading towards the processing idea but i have never worked with it and i will appreciate some help from people who have experience with processing
how can i send information trough serial and have processing press a key on the keyboard
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dirtdiver over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

yea, im heading towards the processing idea but i have never worked with it and i will appreciate some help from people who have experience with processing
how can i send information trough serial and have processing press a key on the keyboard
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Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to dirtdiver

Check out the Robot class for Processing (has an example of controlling mouse), if you can already send serial data to PC, you can use Processing to pick up the serial message and manipulate pointer using Robot Class.

And here is how to send a key press event, but it is in pure java rather than processing.
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