Re: Reporting Data 1-Way-Out?

["Steve ][" <sc-ii@hotmail.com>]

I think I have found what I'm looking for. Vernier has a legacy
product called a "Serial Box" that connects to a serial port and can
take different kinds of (Vernier?) sensors, do the A->D work, and then
pump it to the serial port. I have not yet seen how to to serial port
programming via the ToolBox, but that's for another newsgroup post, I
think this went pretty OT as it is.

Thanks all!





On Thu, 15 May 2008 18:57:44 -0700, "Michael J. Mahon"
<mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

>Steve ][ wrote:
>> Yes, fun (and young child teaching) is the key for this exercise. And
>> I "misspoke" when I said joystick port, which would make anyone think
>> I meant the 9-pin thing; I did mean the 16-pin port. I'm going to work
>> exclusively on a IIGS running GS/OS and code in Complete Pascal.
>> 
>> 
>>>Although the DIP plug and socket made some sense for an on-board
>>>connector, it's pretty inconvenient (not to mention fragile) for
>>>frequent use.  How about an adapter from the sensor DIP plug to
>>>a DE-9 plug so that you can connect the sensor (a paddle input)
>>>through the external 9-pin joystick port?
>> 
>> 
>> Sure, want to make me one? :)
>
>If you're going to work with sensors, you'd better learn to make
>cables for yourself.  ;-)  The pinouts are all well-documented,
>making this a good first project.
>
>Quite seriously, sensors are all about connecting device A to
>incompatible device B, and finding a circuit or program that will
>allow sufficient compatibility.
>
>-michael
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