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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <jacob@jacob-sparre.dk>
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Subject: Re: USB Missile launcher
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 21:25:29 +0100
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kadrickhenderson008@yahoo.com writes:

> I have a group project for a senior course at my University. We were
> assigned to choose a language and create something meaningful. The
> language we chose was Ada. Ada was a language developed for the
> Department of Defense, so we felt it would be nice to program a USB
> missile launcher: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/8a0f/ using
> Ada. Can anyone guide me through the necessary steps to achieve
> this. We have the hex codes to send to the device. The device connects
> to the pc via USB. I have done some research and found that there is a
> library for serial port communication but have yet to find one for
> usb. Any advice would be helpful.

Might it actually be a plain USB serial port device?  If that is the
case, then the serial port library included with GNAT should be
sufficient.

Fun little project you've chosen. ;-)

Greetings,

Jacob
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