From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 22 17:50:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E7E2106566B for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 17:50:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [IPv6:2001:470:a80a:1:21f:d0ff:fe22:b8a8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D5EC8FC12 for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 17:50:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA4B5645B for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 12:50:33 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at honeypot.net Received: from kanga.honeypot.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (kanga.honeypot.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Fo8CZtw9PxLF for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 12:50:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: from athena.localnet (athena.daycos.com [IPv6:2001:470:c054:1:221:9bff:fe00:de3f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8B3046453 for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 12:50:31 -0500 (CDT) From: Kirk Strauser To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 12:50:28 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.3 (Linux/2.6.28-11-generic; KDE/4.2.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <4A16BDE5.4000903@sebster.com> <4A16CDC6.2030403@sebster.com> In-Reply-To: <4A16CDC6.2030403@sebster.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200905221250.28960.kirk@strauser.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD as USB joystick X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 17:50:34 -0000 On Friday 22 May 2009 11:07:34 am Sebastiaan van Erk wrote: > Ok, that's a clear answer. Are there any alternatives? For example a PCI > expansion card that does USB device mode and is programmable? Might be > difficult to get working under FreeBSD though maybe? You might look at getting an Arduino board ($30 or so) with built-in USB and enough RAM to hold your controller software. Write your joystick emulator to run on the Arduino, and control *that* via your FreeBSD system's parallel port (if you still have one). Just a thought. - Kirk