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Re: Is the FIRST Touch PsoC Board the only option??

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Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle View Post
The PSOC board and drivers seem to be better behaved under Win7, especially with DS reboots and sleep/awake cycles. I'm not sure what your negative reactions were, but if that was part of it, you may want to give it another try.
For us, that was part of it. We haven't tried it this year, and are hoping to avoid it altogether. Personally, the occasional 1-2 hour uninstall/re-install of the PSoC drivers on the Classmate is not something I'm willing to risk.

On the other hand, the eStop CCI board (cited above by Jared) is not programmable nor does it require Windows drivers. As advertised, it's completely plug and play, and shows up as a "joystick" in the DS software. Ours recently came in, and we haven't tried it yet. But if it works as advertised, it should be a much cleaner and more reliable solution than the Cypress board.
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