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USB Trigger digital input device
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Emulate
joystick or keyboard button inputs with external triggers.
The USB Trigger
allows you to use your own buttons, switches, or relays to simulate joystick
button pushes (can also emulate keyboard button pushes - see below) to
trigger events on your computer.
Features:
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Converts external triggers into USB joystick button pushes.
24 inputs available, all via a single USB
connection to your computer. -
Works on PC or Mac.
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No drivers to load.
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No special drivers needed for joystick
button emulation.
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Potential Uses:
Some of the ways the USB Trigger can (and has
been) used...
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Use your own custom button panel to play
songs/sounds from your computer.
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Use relay closures from
automated equipment for internet radio control.
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Use a motion detector to start a web cam.
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Use a light sensor to launch a home
automation application.
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Use an arcade
button or
joystick to control your own arcade machine (such as
MAME).
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Make your own custom data entry interface or
help for the disabled.
How the USB Trigger helped Canadian broadcaster Don Andrews
In July 2011, Toronto broadcaster
Don
Andrews contacted Sensorium Embedded via Paul at
PJRC. He was tired of
hacking mice and joysticks to connect to his radio station control panel
to give his on-line radio station a more professional feel. He's been
doing radio for 20+ years and wanted to see internet radio control
released from the world of keyboard shortcuts and hacked joysticks.
By using the USB Trigger, Don interfaced his full button console to his
Mac via a single USB connection. He then used
USBOverdrive
to turn the inputs into key combinations that run
MegaSeg Pro DJ and
Radio SW for Mac.
Have a custom idea you need help with? Sensorium can help you
create whatever custom interface you need!
Requirements
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Requires USB "A" to "B" cable to connect
to your computer.
6 foot USB
cable available here for $4.50 USD
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Shareware Keyboard Simulation & Macro
Utilities
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JoytoKey (PC, by
JTK Software)
Allows external triggers to emulate keystrokes (ex: button push 3 =
keystroke 'A'). Easy to use, also good for checking basic
functionality.
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USBOverdrive
(Mac, by Alessandro Levi Montalcini) Emulates keystrokes, also has advanced functionality.
Preferred by Mac users.
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AutoHotKey (PC,
open-source)
Powerful utility to allow a custom action for each USB Trigger input
(launch a program, pause/play audio, send a keystroke, etc).
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JoystickTest Sample script to display button states, good for
checking basic functionality.
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USBTriggerLaunch
Custom USB Trigger script by
Travis at
Sensorium Embedded. Reads/parses all 24 inputs. Ready to customize
to do whatever you need, see instructions inside the
file.
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C# Joystick Library by Mark Harris. For C# developers wishing to
incorporate USB Triggers as direct inputs to their application, uses
Managed DirectX.
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Technical Details:
Uses Windows/Mac default Human Interface Device
(HID) game controller/joystick driver.
A connection between any channel number
and ground tells the computer that a joystick button is being pressed.
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USB powered - no external voltages should be
applied.
Pull-up resistors to keep inputs high when
switches are off/disconnected. -
Inputs have series resistive protection (750W).
Use normally open buttons drive inputs to common ground
(non-isolated). -
10mS switch debounce built in.
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