How to reach external devices?

[cemlouis]

Hi to all,

I need sources for programming external devices, actually I have to make a program to control electronic circuit boards... I collect some info from the net and I think it is easier to reach circuit boards with serial ports. Finally I guess there are some resources out there and if someone post these, I really will be gratefull to him/her...

Thanx in advance.

Not: I need these resources for our project (to add real physics to our robot project in school)...

 

[Salem]

Well here may be worth an explore

http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone7/index.htm

Accessing hardware is always operating system and compiler specific, so some idea of what you are using would be helpful.

 

[adholioshake]

Hi cemlouis.

Have you ever tried assembly programming ? I think it is the best thing to use for interfacing with ports. Again this is machine specific, but most assemblers do support 8086 intel opcodes.
If you are thinking of doing this, there is an assembly forum which you could post details of your robot interface.
Just a suggestion though...