linux-controlled LED flashlight?

[tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org (Tom Metro)]

R. Luoma wrote:
> Has anyone on this list hacked an LED flashlight
> to be controlled by a linux system?

Ummm...why?


David Kramer wrote:
> ...a cheap and relatively quick way of turning a few things on and
> off is the parallel port.

Indeed. Though it's tough finding a parallel port these days. I picked
up a USB to parallel port converter at Micro Center for under $10 a
while back with the thought of using it for a hardware hacking project,
but haven't come up with anything useful to use it for yet.


> I have a book called "Parallel Port Complete"...

That's a classic. Somewhere I have a small LCD display that was wired up
to a parallel port with the assistance of that book.

 -Tom

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