interfacing

programmatically controlling power sockets in the UK

It's very simple. I want to plug a lamp into the UK mains supply. I want to be able to power it on and off from software - say from serial port commands, or by running a command-line or something I can get to from ruby or Java. I see lots written about how to do this with X10 with American power systems - but has anybody actually trie...

C: cross-platform RS232 serial library?

Hi folks, I am looking for an open source cross-platform library for working with the serial port in C, something along the lines of the awesome pyserial library (Unfortunately I have to use C for this application) I have only found this one: http://www.teuniz.net/RS-232/ and that doesn't seem to have mention OSX compatibility. Any re...

Serial Interfacing over IP for medical devices

Looking for help to connect and record and real time monitor the parameters data during the patients treatment. All our machines have a serial port and the manufacturer has provided us with the machinne serial communication protocol but it is all greek to me. Need someone to fill in the pieces and help with the connection and programming...

How can I connect the KT3170 (The DTMF reciever) to USB (4bit data) ?

Hi all, This will be my first try at USB intefacing ! May I know how to transfer the data from pins : 11-15 of KT3170 IC to USB ? Data sheet : http://www.datasheetcatalog.org/datasheet/SamsungElectronic/mXuusvq.pdf I guess I will need to configure a Microprocessor for making the OS uderstand what profile of device is this , In that Case...