I got my new Phidget to play with and soon it will be flex powered!!
Get your mind out of the gutter. A phidget is USB interface, that can be programed against in many lanuages, including….you guessed it… ActionScript.
I hope to use WebOrb to create a small socket server to allow Flex Remoting to interact with it (with thier permission obviously). Then I can just use Remoting and AMF to get/set data on the phidget. I can basically use it to control anything. If I get around to making n AS3 wrapper for the remoting Ill release it to the left under phidget projects.
I have been looking for new things to try lately and hardware has really peaked my interest (man im becoming a g33k). Ill have to incorperate my car with it or something to have a g33k– effect. Thankyou mum and dad for the birthday present.
Props to Robert Hall for pointing me to this.
Hey!!!!!
We got mentioned in despatchs. Hoe kewl is that!!!
Mum and Dad
Just out of curiosity: are the included AS3-libs too slow or too buggy to use? I own the encoder and touchpad phidgets but haven’t used them with Flex, yet.
Hey Marc they are fine, they didnt exist back then when I wrote this.
Campbell,
I saw those Phidgets online and am very interested in getting some to mess around with using Flex and Apollo. I was wondering now that you have had a bit of time to work with them what your impressions are. Any new developments? thanks-b