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#! rnews 1639 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!portc02.blue.aol.com!newsfeed.pitt.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!oitnews.harvard.edu!purdue!mozo.cc.purdue.edu!wizard.pn.com!news1.channel1.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-fw-22.sprintlink.net!ratty.wolfe.net!news.aa.net!usenet From: "brian wehrle" <brian@jriver.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Interfacing sensors to FreeBSD Date: 30 Nov 1996 07:59:12 GMT Organization: Alternate Access Incorporated Lines: 23 Message-ID: <01bbde30$4a65c280$64dc9dcc@pwehrle.terracom.net> References: <E1nIsI.6E0.G.nanguo@nanguo.chalmers.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: moon-c00.aa.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Thats not too hard, look at the book titled The Robot Builders Bonanza... it show a circuit to wire up devices to the paralell port of a PC. Now, just write a little file to open this parallel device and read the eigth bits off of the port. Sensor -> ANALOG -> A/D converter-> Parallel port->application. Its a great book for the hobbyist, Brian Robert Chalmers <robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au> wrote in article <E1nIsI.6E0.G.nanguo@nanguo.chalmers.com.au>... > Does anyone know how to go about interfacing a temperature sensor to > a FreeBSD box, so that I can get a temperature readout displayed? > > ta > bob > -- > The China House. > Advertise, or there's a good chance the sheriff will do it for you. P.T Barnum. > robert@chalmers.com.au for Whirled Peas http://www.chalmers.com.au > Location: Whitsunday Web Works. 21'7" S, 149'14" E. >