Programming Hardware

[jimbo1975]

Hi, I am a new memmebr her on this forum. i hope I am posting this thread on the correct section and if not I apologise.

I have recently seen a product you can purchase for in put output which connects to your pc via usb and can be programmed in vb.

This is the product in question:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?...26m5&source=15

Basically I am looking for help with programming VB to start talking to the hadware device. Any advice would be greatfull appreciated.

Thanks.

Jamie

[sciguyryan]

Hi, welcome to the VBForums Jamie

Is there any type of device you would like to communicate with? This type of thing can get quite complex at times but there are a few examples arround

Cheers,

RyanJ

[jimbo1975]

Yeah it's the one you can see on the link I originally posted.

Hi, welcome to the VBForums Jamie

Is there any type of device you would like to communicate with? This type of thing can get quite complex at times but there are a few examples arround

Cheers,

RyanJ

[Jacob Roman]

DirectX helps control the video card for 2D/3D graphics, your input devices for reading input (keyboard, mouse, joystick, gamepad, flight stick, steerting wheel, etc.), sound card for sound and music, and networking. DirectX's DirectInput might be able to handle USB based stuff since it can handle joysticks and many other things.

[Pradeep1210]

If it is not a standard device (like monitor, keyboard, mouse etc.) as in this case, u would need API's from the manufacturer of the device to interact with it and use it according to ur needs.