I'm looking at a small project that would enable me to control my sit / stand desk from my PC rather than from the controller.
The controller on the front of the desk has a number of buttons on it, including an up and down button. Additionally it has a 3 part 7 segment display that shows the height in inches e.g. 27.8. I'm going to handle this in two stages:
1) I want to be able to move the desk up / down from my PC over USB
2) I want to retrieve the value displayed on the 3 part display and then pass it to the PC over USB so that it can be displayed (and used) on the PC.
I was looking at the FTDI FT245B chip, is that my best choice? And if so any suggestions on how to then indigrate it to the two push button switches (Up / Down).
Thanks
Andrew
