sry, the title was supposed to be 'PC control, where do i begin?'
ive seen kits for controlling things like stepper motors, light dimmers and other random 'home automation'. which programming language is a good starter for simple hardware i/o kinda stuff? ive played with perl for a long time for simple things, but it definitely has its uses and limitations, im ready to move onto something a little more complex and versitle. maybe start with controlling an led from the parallel port or something as a kind of 'hello world' project. are there any good books or online tutorials about this kinda thing?
ive seen kits for controlling things like stepper motors, light dimmers and other random 'home automation'. which programming language is a good starter for simple hardware i/o kinda stuff? ive played with perl for a long time for simple things, but it definitely has its uses and limitations, im ready to move onto something a little more complex and versitle. maybe start with controlling an led from the parallel port or something as a kind of 'hello world' project. are there any good books or online tutorials about this kinda thing?