[nylug-talk] Linux and small operating areas

[Chris Knadle]

On Wednesday 05 December 2007, Gregg Levine wrote:
> Not so long ago, I bought a book on Linux and robotics. Its purpose
> was to help me sort out how to apply the methods behind how Linux does
> its thing on computer hardware to the outside world, that is
> controlling other external logic. Part of that problem is that the
> ability to have Linux manage a robot, is still covered in scarce
> information. (There's not much out there!)

   http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Coffee.html

   No, really.  It sounds like a joke, but read it before you dismiss it.  
Especially section 3, which covers how to connect certain kinds of hardware 
to the parallel port.  You can probably find a driver to do what you want, 
but if you can't find it you could always try to make it.

   -- Chris

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Chris Knadle
Chris.Knadle at coredump.us