[SOLVED] buttons from pic16f877a to keyboard from pc and vice versa

[gLn_21]

our project is entitled Electronic Checker Board ... the problem is we have the feature computer vs player which the device should be connected to a computer to play with a computer player... ive been trying to connect our device to a software using usart, the codes written from the software is in visual c++ and the codes written from the device is in mikrobasic ...

what codes should i add in visual c++ to connect it to the mikrobasic and also what codes should i add in mikrobasic to connect it to the visual c++ for them to both send and receive data with each other?

also when inputting data from device will the computer recognize what has been inputted?

we plan to use a serial to usb connector ...

can anybody help me please? ,,

i desperately need any help right now from you guys ...

Glenn

 

[horace1]

if you look in your Visual C++ Toolbox under Components you should find SerialPort which provides facilities to configure (set baud rate etc) and use a serial port.
Don't know about mikrobasic !

 

[gLn_21]

i cant find it in my visual c++ toolbox ,,im using microsoft visual c++ 6.0

 

[horace1]

I am using Visual Studio 2008 so it is possible SerialPort is not available with Visual C+ 6.0
Try upgrading to Visual Express C++ 2010 (which is free of charge)
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otherwise you look at other serial libraries
Serial library for C++ - CodeProject
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[gLn_21]

i have found some codes for serial communication, send and receive but i dont know how to make its bios.h header file ,,il attach the source code file ..