Response devices

[David McFarlane]

Tobias,

OK, this question clearly lies outside the domain of PST Web Support, 
so I will weigh in...

>Of course, keyboards and mice don't look that professional

Hmm, around here we use keyboards and mice extensively, but perhaps 
we are not that "professional" :).  We also use the PST SRBox, and if 
you understand its operation then in principle you could use it with 
any platform that will accept a stream from a serial port.  Beyond 
that, sometimes we (meaning I) build our own custom response boxes 
and wire them up either through an SRBox, a commercial digital I/O 
board, or even the lowly parallel port -- I have some mechanical 
skills as well as electronic and technology skills, and that is my 
job here.  Of course you should have a machine shop and an electronic 
shop as well as a skilled research technology professional at your 
own institution to help with that (perhaps you are that 
professional!).  <rant> I really don't see how anyone can consider 
themselves to do serious science in this day & age without such 
assistance. </rant>  In short, we just do whatever it takes to get the data.

Oh, Empirisoft also boasts a keyboard with millisecond latency 
specifically for psychology research, as well as a USB button box 
(puts them a bit ahead of PST there), but we have not tried any of 
these.  See http://www.empirisoft.com .  And of course, some people 
use touch screens, but I have to let those folks speak up for themselves.


Good question, I look forward to more responses.

-- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder


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