Hi Folks,
A while back I wrote a piece of software to read barcode labels via a bar code reader through the COM port. And this has given me an idea of something that I would like to do. I saw a guy flying a plane around a while back and I thought wow that looks cool I wonder if i could make a plane and bring it to life? The misson "AI in real Life". I have found a GPS system that will allow me to link up to my computer and have figured out the code to dive turn left e.t.c thanks to a friend that is a pilot.
The bit that I cant figure out. I have several things that I need to acheive at one time on the plane move rudders flats apply acceleration e.t.c. So what I would like to do is create a device that connects to COM port 2 on the PC and the program will pass my device several parameters the say for example:
Flap: 10 degrees
Speed: 50%
Rudder: -10
Occording to the parameters that I pass the object I want to move several pieces of wire or move a motor. So to my Question has anyone had to make a device that hooks up via the COM port that will send a electrical current to a motor (in different polaritys depending on the variable sent) and/or does anyone know where there is some documentation on acheiving something like this?
Thank in advance
Jamie
A while back I wrote a piece of software to read barcode labels via a bar code reader through the COM port. And this has given me an idea of something that I would like to do. I saw a guy flying a plane around a while back and I thought wow that looks cool I wonder if i could make a plane and bring it to life? The misson "AI in real Life". I have found a GPS system that will allow me to link up to my computer and have figured out the code to dive turn left e.t.c thanks to a friend that is a pilot.
The bit that I cant figure out. I have several things that I need to acheive at one time on the plane move rudders flats apply acceleration e.t.c. So what I would like to do is create a device that connects to COM port 2 on the PC and the program will pass my device several parameters the say for example:
Flap: 10 degrees
Speed: 50%
Rudder: -10
Occording to the parameters that I pass the object I want to move several pieces of wire or move a motor. So to my Question has anyone had to make a device that hooks up via the COM port that will send a electrical current to a motor (in different polaritys depending on the variable sent) and/or does anyone know where there is some documentation on acheiving something like this?
Thank in advance
Jamie
