Richard T. Timmer (timmer at physio.emory.edu) wrote:
: Hello,
:: Before reinventing the wheel, let me pose this scenario to the avid
: readers of this newsgroup...
:: We do many assays for various kinetic studies that require sampling at
: known times very exactly (i.e. a sample is removed at some time "t")
: with many samples done in parrallel. Currently we have a mechanical
: counter/timer connected to a foot pedal. We remove a sample to the
: stop solution, hit the foot pedal, and the time is recorded (on a
: hardcopy printout) at which the foot pedal was hit. This mechanical
: system is beginning to show its age, and is frankly, a one of a kind
: device (custom made - many, many moons ago...).
:: As a replacement for this system we thought that some type of foot
: pedal could be connected to the serial port of standard XT PC. A push
: of foot pedal would cause the elapsed time to be recorded, without
: stopping the timer/counter...at each time point, for each sample, the
: foot pedal would be hit and the elapsed time at that moment recorded
: to disk in some type of ASCII file.
:: Is this possible?
:: Anyone know of a source of foot pedals that can interface to a serial
: port?
:: Has anyone written serial interface software to do this? Where?
:
How about using a game port? They can directly monitor up to four
"buttons", and commands to read them are bult into many PC languages,
including BASIC. See my page on home-made rodent activity monitors:
http://128.120.169.130/Pages/FAQs/MouseMeters/MeterFAQ.html
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