I got one of these, a general purpose I/O device. It simply plugs into a USB port on a Mac. It is a stronger, though very similar version of the old Beehive "ADB I/O" device. Stronger mainly in that USB is much faster than Apple's ADB bus. It is completely self contained. Plug and play. It comes with externals for revolution, as well as other environments.
It is a fabulous toy. Basically, a suite of rev commands and functions allows one to "write" (open and close output switch contacts) or "read" (detect the state of input switch contacts). There are also analog inputs with 12 bit resolution, and pulse width modulation is implemented internally Almost anyone could create an alarm system, a light show or the like with radio shack components. You need hobby level electronic know-how to do anything really cool, but your Mac can completely control the world. It is hardware I/O for the rest of us. Craig Newman ************** Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003) _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
