[PD-dev] HID names, numbers and tables

[Christian Klippel]

hello all,

Am Samstag 09 Juli 2005 16:24 schrieb Hans-Christoph Steiner:
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>
> As for less parsing, one of these days, I'll get around to making the
> OS-specific versions of [hid] which will just dump the data straight
> out from the OS without any cross-platform concerns.  That might help
> with the sensor setups.
>
> .hc

yes, but only the parsing inside the hid object ....
inside the os, it is still parsed. for continous controllers that might not be 
a big problem, but when it comes to single bits, as for buttons and led's, 
things become more complicated, and thus cpu-intensive.

for modern computers that is no problem at all, but we should think about 
small, portable devices (like a pda) also.

maybe there is a way to grab the data packets from hid devices _before_ they 
get parsed by the os? but then, using libusb seems the better way.... and 
that is available for linux, os-x and windows so far ....

greets,

chris