ok, I was playing some minecraft surivial on my server today and then glanced over at my blinking arduino UNO and wondered "what if I could use arduino to send serial information to minecraft, in attempt to control my characters movement" So my question is first, is this possible?, and second how can I do this using arduino's serial function.
That depends on Minecraft's ability to receive and act upon serial communication.
yes depends on minecraft server ability but not to forget about java too
This sounds terribly and inefficiently complicated. Why wouldn't you just run a script on your PC instead?
Super easy dude!!
Serial would be the hardest way to implement what you want. May be a misunderstanding of what serial means.
What you could do though is have the arduino to emulate a usb mouse and/or keyboard. Teensyduino: Using USB Keyboard with Teensy on the Arduino IDE for example.
Then you can use anything for inputs. Check out the Makey Makey banana piano http://www.makeymakey.com/.
Just imagine the possibilities. Put accelerometers in the vinyl minecraft toys so that you have to physically pick up the toy to chop a tree. There's your million dollar idea.
And the arduino Mega?
This is a very old thread. It's better to start a new thread of your own.
What did you want to know about the Mega? (Which one of the posts above are you referring to?)