[Noisebridge-discuss] Do we have a USB to Parallel (printer) port converter?

[bandit]

The converters you can find via a google search claim to *only* work on a
printer, and nothing else. Several of the negative reviews I read on such
products seem to bear this out.
(I was looking for one to control an EPROM burner.)

If you can make the PC side driver into an HID driver (ie you own the PC
side), I suggest a teensy 2.0 ++ ... I found it very easy to get the HID
example and driver working. I can supply you with example code (all open
source) if you wish. Then you can bit-bang the teensy ports to the printer
port as you need. The CPU is at 16 MHz, so it should be fast enough.

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Good luck... bandit

> Thank you for the reply, Gopiballava.
>
> However, I don't think Arduino-parallel converter can be used in a
> situation that I need it to control MAXNC CNC machine in realtime, from
> EMC2/Axis software on my laptop. Can it?
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Gopiballava Flaherty
> <gopiballava at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>> If you have access to the source and are willing to hack a bit, you
>> could
>> probably easily make an Arduino be a USB to parallel converter.
>>
>> The Arduino wouldn't be an official USB to parallel converter, but would
>> let modified software on the laptop talk to a simple app on the Arduino
>> that would twiddle the right pins.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> gopi at iPhone
>>
>>
>> On Jun 26, 2012, at 17:06, Hao <hao at dorabot.com> wrote:
>>
>> Or, any noisebridger know how to make one?
>>
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