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Date:      Fri, 22 May 2009 12:50:28 -0500
From:      Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD as USB joystick
Message-ID:  <200905221250.28960.kirk@strauser.com>
In-Reply-To: <4A16CDC6.2030403@sebster.com>
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On Friday 22 May 2009 11:07:34 am Sebastiaan van Erk wrote:

> Ok, that's a clear answer. Are there any alternatives? For example a PCI
> expansion card that does USB device mode and is programmable? Might be
> difficult to get working under FreeBSD though maybe?

You might look at getting an Arduino board ($30 or so) with built-in USB and 
enough RAM to hold your controller software.  Write your joystick emulator to 
run on the Arduino, and control *that* via your FreeBSD system's parallel port 
(if you still have one).  Just a thought.

- Kirk



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