SPIDAR-mouse-server for Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X

Naoto Hieda micuat@gmail.com June 11, 2012

About

Server program for SPIDAR-mouse ( spidar-string.com ).

After starting up, it will listen to localhost:8080. It will accept "XForce,YForce,duration" format where -1 <= XForce, YForce <= 1, duration in milliseconds or duration < 0 for impulse. Close connection to shut down.

Download

It can be downloaded from github

$ git clone git://github.com/micuat/SPIDAR-mouse-UNIX.git

How to build

Linux or FreeBSD:

$ cd libusb
$ make
$ ./spidar-mouse-server

Mac:

$ cd mac
$ make
$ ./spidar-mouse-server

Example code for Processing

// Includes example program by Tom Igoe
// http://processing.org/reference/libraries/net/Client_write_.html
import processing.net.*; 
Client myClient; 
int clicks;

void setup() { 
  myClient = new Client(this, "127.0.0.1", 8080); 
} 

void mouseReleased() {
  clicks++;
  if( clicks > 5 ) {
    myClient.stop();
    exit();
  } else {
    myClient.write("0.5,0.5,"+clicks*10);
  }
}

void draw() { 
  // Change the background if the mouse is pressed
  if (mousePressed) {
    background(255);
  } else {
    background(0);
  }
}

License

See LICENSE.