[PD] PS/2 mouse+Arduino+Pd=awesome?

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On OSX, the native system supports USB and ADB, I don't know about PS/ 
2, I never tried.

.hc

On Aug 17, 2011, at 7:04 PM, Richie Cyngler wrote:

> Thanks for all the responses, I'm going to give it a try.
>
> On GNU/Linux, [hid] will work with PS/2 because the Linux input  
> event system is a single unified system for almost all techniques of  
> HID devices, including: PS/2, AT, USB HID, ADB, etc.
>
> What about OSX?
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner  
> <hans at at.or.at> wrote:
>
> On Aug 16, 2011, at 8:48 AM, Simon Wise wrote:
>
> On 16/08/11 18:53, Richie Cyngler wrote:
> That's a good idea but my computer doesn't have a PS/2 input.
>
> [hid] is for usb, maybe [comport] would work with PS/2 if you used a  
> PS/2 to usb connector??? or one of the older mouse objects? not  
> sure, maybe the PS/2 to usb connector means that the trackball  
> becomes a usb mouse?
>
> If it does appear as a usb mouse then [hid] can certainly connect to  
> it directly, which will probably be what you want.
>
> You will need to do a few settings to your X setup, or your system,  
> to make sure that the trackball does not become a mouse for the  
> whole system.
>
>
> On GNU/Linux, [hid] will work with PS/2 because the Linux input  
> event system is a single unified system for almost all techniques of  
> HID devices, including: PS/2, AT, USB HID, ADB, etc.
>
> With the Arduino, if the data is simple, then it'd probably be  
> easiest to just send it and then receive it with [comport].  It  
> would also be not too hard to make a custom Firmata firmware using  
> the PS/2 lib and Firmata lib in an Arduino sketch.  Check the  
> Firmata examples.
>
> .hc
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