On 06.12.2012 22:39, Ian MacArthur wrote: > > On 6 Dec 2012, at 16:23, Albrecht Schlosser wrote: > >> I've seen a commercial keypad with 20 keys (5 rows with 4 keys), but >> this is maybe not enough keys, and it's sold by a manufacturer with >> their own software (which should be avoided). >> >> Does anybody have ideas how to solve this problem or experiences >> with such input devices? All facts and links welcome... > > > A friend of mine who is into building MAME cabinets
MAME = "Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator" ? http://mamedev.org/ ? > gets these USB controllers from (somewhere, I can't find the link) that have > variable quantities of buttons, cool... Are these only controllers that need to be built into a box or something, or do they come as "ready-to-go" devices? > and come with a basic WinXX and Linux driver Win + Linux, that'd be more than I had hoped to find (of course you need Windows, but there might also be Linux users, and I'd like to support that too). > that allows you to program the device, such that it converts each key press > into a string - then in your code you catch the string and interpret it. That ought to work, although I'm a litte afraid of interference (races) with real keyboard actions (what if one presses a normal keyboard key while the "other keyboard" transmits its string?). > The device itself, in normal operation, just appears to the system as a > standard keyboard. That's what I hoped to find. Great. > I guess something like that would do. So do I. > IIRC they were not that expensive either. That's even better. > But I can't find a link to the people he was buying from. It was in China > IIRC, but the devices only cost a few Euros, they were really cheap... May I ask you to investigate further to find a link? This idea/device looks really promising to me... Thanks for your reply Albrecht _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk
