Joystick support is in the latest XFree86 distributions (3.3.x) and in kernel versions 2.1.xx and 2.2.xx. For older kernels the links below are usefull.
Joystick driver
For information check
http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~vojtech/joystick. An FTP archive can be found at
ftp://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/pub/linux/joystick.
Currently supported joysticks are:
Amiga joysticks on Amiga
CH Flightstick Pro compatibles with additional two hats and two buttons
DirectPad Pro parallel port joystick interfaces (
http://www.ziplabel.com/dpadpro/index.html)
All cards with Bt848/Bt848a/Bt849/Bt878/Bt879 and normal Composite/S-VHS inputs are supported. Teletext and Intercast support (PAL only) via VBI samples decoding in software.
Adlink 7200 Digital I/O device
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/science/lab/adl7200-0.60.tar.gz
Adlink 7300A Digital I/O device
ftp://ftp.systemy.it/pub/develop/adl7300-0.04.tar.gz
CMOS Video Conferencing Kit. The video capture card has a Bt849 chipset. It comes with a CCD camera.
Data Translation DT2803
Data Translation DT2851 Frame Grabber
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/dt2851-2.01.tar.gz
Data Translation DT3155
http://krusty.eecs.umich.edu/people/ncowan/linux/welcome.html
Diamond DTV2000 (based on Bt848)
Dipix XPG1000/FPG/PPMAPA (based on TI C40 DSP). Most add-on cards are supported.
http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html or
http://www.atlantek.com.au/USERS/wes/linux/frame.html. The driver can be found at
ftp://ftp.atlantek.com.au/pub/ldipix
JCAM, a Java application which allows digital camera owners to access and download pictures from a wide variety of popular digital cameras (
http://www.jcam.com)
It can be downloaded from
http://www.jcam.com/jcam/download.shtml
gPhoto (
http://www.gphoto.org)
It can be downloaded from
http://www.gphoto.org/download.php3
Photopc can be extended with a graphical Tk frontend. This can be found at
http://www.mediacity.com/~pwhite/Phototk/phototk.html. Also Qvplay cab be extended with a graphical Tk frontend, which can be found at
http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~tormato/pub/qvplaytk-0.73c.tar.gz
Supported
Agfa ePhoto line of cameras (photopc, camediaplay, JCAM)
http://www.agfahome.com/ephoto/
Fenton PowerPal
ftp://megatec.com.tw/Rups2/UNIX/v3.0.1 for downloads and manuals. Web site information can be found at
http://www.fentonups.com/index2.htm
Fenton Tele-UPS
ftp://megatec.com.tw/Rups2/UNIX/v3.0.1 for downloads and manuals. Web site information can be found at
http://www.fentonups.com/index2.htm
Fenton PowerOn
ftp://megatec.com.tw/Rups2/UNIX/v3.0.1 for downloads and manuals. Web site information can be found at
http://www.fentonups.com/index2.htm
UPS's with RS-232 monitoring port (genpower package)
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/ups/genpower-1.0.1.tgz
MGE UPS's
http://www.mgeups.com/download/softlib.htm and
http://www.mgeups.com/download/software/linux/upsp.tgz
A daemon to shut down and up computers connected to ups's. It's network aware and allows server- and client-mode
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/ups/powerd-2.0.tar.gz
The Linux Lab Project site collects drivers for hardware dealing with
data acquisition, they also maintain some mailing lists dealing with the
subject. I have no experience with data acquisition so please check the
site for more details.
Linux Lab Project
http://www.llp.fu-berlin.de/
CED 1401
DBCC CAMAC
IEEE-488 (GPIB, HPIB) boards
Keithley DAS-1200
National Instruments AT-MIO-16F / Lab-PC+
Analog Devices RTI-800/815 ADC/DAC board
contact Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@anu.edu.au>
Berkshire Products PC Watchdog Card (ISA cards rev. A and C)
Check
ftp://ftp.bitgate.com/pub/bitgate/pcwd for the PC Watchdog program. A driver is included in recent kernels. More information on this product can be found at
http://www.berkprod.com/wdog.htm
Outsource Engineering & Manufacturing Inc. Basic Watchdog Timer Board (ISA)
Information can be found at
http://www.ctec.net/basicwdt. Drivers currently running on 2.0.29, 2.0.33 and 2.0.36 kernels
