USB Missile Launcher Application
Well I have been missing for a little while, and so has my website. After some server issues and issues with my hosting provider I had to make a switch and all hell broke loose.
The website is back now and hopefully it will be that way for a very long time. While the website was down, I received a USB missile launcher for christmas, just like this one
My only problem with this thing was that of course there was no Linux application to run it. I did manage to find a couple of projects that controlled different USB launchers, but they did not work properly for this one.
I have never written any kind of USB applications before so I decided that now would be a good time to learn and since I didn’t have a website to update it gave me something to do over my holidays. I used libusb and gtk to create an interface for the device in Linux that works perfectly. I even added some extra movement functionality and I am working on adding a webcam to the device to allow you to see who you are going to shoot before you blast them away.
After a lot of working with Snoopy and the Snoopy Perl script to convert the snoopy log files to libusb c programs, I managed to get everything working properly. I’d also like to thank Luke Cole as his driver gave me something to look at, and understand how libusb works.
If you have one of these devices and are interested in having it work under linux go check out my project site on google code
Anyway I look forward to keeping this site up to date, and check back often for new exciting news
that’s, fucking, wicked.
these things are great, there’s no better way to get back at your boss for dumping a crap load of work on your desk then calling him over and shooting him with a rocket launcher