Writing a device driver

That sounds pretty cool.

Here's where you want to start: http://developer.apple.com/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/GS_HardwareDrivers/index.html

How does that connect to the computer? USB?

 

Your C/C++ programming is going to have to be reasonably good but I wouldn't say it is impossible with a little bit of effort. As long as you know the full hardware technical specifications for the device you are writing a driver for you should be fine.

 

In that case, you might want to start with test apps (Id' use command line apps) to initiate USB communication with the device, rather than focusing on a system-level driver right off the bat.

Here might be a better link to start with than my previous one:
http://developer.apple.com/hardwaredrivers/customusbdrivers.html

 

touchpad

Hello, I figured this is a similar topic:

I am trying to access the touchpad on my macbook to make some custom swipes, touches, etc. How should I go about doing this?

Can this be done in Xcode?

I am also curious how hard it would be to make a custom keyboard that can use the existing USB driver for keyboards...

Thanks

Chet

 

I'm interested in this topic too, are there any guides that would take a simple device and show u the process of making a driver in Mac to work with it??