[PD] keyboard control

Derek Holzer derek at umatic.nl
Mon Nov 24 17:44:43 CET 2008


Hi Raphaël,

You could use an Arduino to control a relay via a transistor. The relay 
would pass electricity when triggered. That would be the easiest 
solution. Check the Arduino docs for a simple circuit to do this.

best,
D.

Raphaël ILIAS wrote:
> Hi list !
> 
> Here is my question : I'd like to simulate a finger pressing some keys 
> on a real keyboard or any electronic switch (a TV remote controller, a 
> cellular phone, a computer keyboard). So I'd like to know if there are 
> existing devices to do this and that could easily be plugged to pd. In 
> my idea, the device is plugged to the two poles of the button, and when 
> pd sends it a specific message to the device, it lets the electricity pass.
> If someone can help me by explaining how a such device is named ? I 
> searched on www.interface-z.com but did not find which hardware would 
> fit to my needs...


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