PoKeys56U

PoKeys56U is an easy-to-use USB device that combines a lot of inputs and outputs, and does not require complex programming knowledge. Pokeys56 provides 55 digital I/O (5V tolerant), 7 analog inputs (12-bit). All the I/O are controlled by the provided software which allows either to use the graphical user interface or advanced console type interface. The settings can be stored on the device, so no special software is needed on target system. PoKeys56 can be used as industrial or CNC control or data acquisition board. PoKeys is available with (PoKeys56UT) or without (PoKeys56UN) screw terminals.

Features:

• Compatible with USB 1.1/2.0 HID standard
• Standard USB keyboard simulation (with triggering support for up/down keys)
• Standard USB joystick simulation (6 axis, 32 buttons with triggering support)
• 55 digital inputs with pull-up resistors, freely mappable to virtual USB keyboard’s keys
• 55 software controlled digital outputs
• 7 analog inputs (12-bit) with adjustable low-pass filtering support
• 3-axis 25 kHz Pulse engine
• Up to 26 encoder pair inputs (3 high-speed encoder inputs, 1 ultra high speed encoder input)
• Digital counters on specific digital input pins
• Two 8x8 matrix LED display support
• Up to 64 256-character long keyboard macro sequences
• Up to 16x8 matrix keyboard with triggered keys/alternate function support
• Two 8x8 matrix LED display support
• Up to 6 high-speed fully configurable PWM outputs support (25MHz PWM timer)
• HD44780-based character LCD support (up to 4x20 characters)
• PoExtBus support for adding up to 10 external shift registers = 80 aditiona outputs
• PoNET devices support (48-key CNC keyboard mapped to matrix keyboard, etc)
• Support for Connection signal output
• Support for up to 10 sensors on I²C bus, up to 10 sensors on 1-wire bus and up to 7 analog sensors
• Communication compatible with PoKeys55 on application layer (data packet structure)
• Intuitive and user-friendly software
• Third-party support via communication DLL library and extensive protocol specification document that allows porting to other systems
• Plugin for Mach CNC software

Support for X-Plane flight simulator

See more here: http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?showtopic=62459 

NEW: Cross-platform PoKeys communication library available here: https://bitbucket.org/mbosnak/pokeyslib

Requirements:

• USB connection between host computer and PoKeys56U device
• Included software requires Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 with .NET framework 3.5 installed (ONLY FOR SYSTEMS WHERE THE DEVICES WILL BE CONFIGURED, TARGET SYSTEM NEEDS NO SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR THE DEVICE TO OPERATE AS A STANDARD NEWTORK DEVICE).