Re: How to intract with external hardware

On 23 Feb 2006 16:09:26 -0800, gaurav.gupta.in@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

How can we intract the external hardware device( Like LED) through
parallel port using c programming under linux.

Take a look at parallel port i2c bit banging in linux-kernel for
ideas.

Grant.
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