On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 13:12 -0500, Nathan House wrote:
> Hi everyone. I am building an inexpensive CNC machine as a hobby project and
> it needs to send and receive data from a computer. I've decided to use USB
> for this project instead of a serial connection. As I have a PIC18F4550
> on-hand, and because it seems to be popular among hobbyists, I'm planning on
> using it as the "brain" of my CNC machine.
> 
> My question is, what is the easiest way to send data back and forth between
> a PIC18F4550 and a PC? I have no experience with USB or writing drivers, but
> it seems that using the built-in Windows HID class may work well for me.
> What do you guys think?

Easiest IMHO is USB-serial, either with external adapter or putting the
firmware into your 4550. The software is then trivial.

TTYL

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