Barcode Scanner

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Hi,

I am making a project which needs a barcode scanner.
Do you think that a USB barcode scanner such as this could input the scan into the Arduino?
If so how would you input the Barcode Scanner into the Arduino?

THANK YOU SO MUCH

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You cannot use that barcode scanner.

3

Use the magnifier symbol in this window, up to the right, and search for Arduino Barcode.

4

ieee488:
You cannot use that barcode scanner.

You may be wondering why?

The reason is that while most Arduinox either include a USB "device" (or perhaps, "client"), usually a USB-serial adapter or may be programmed as a USB "device". A USB "device" - which is what your scanner is - connects to a USB "host", usually a full-featured computer such as a "PC" or a Raspberry Pi or similar which implements the "host" protocol in much more detail as it would expect to serve a wide variety of USB "devices" such as mass storage, serial ports, printer interfaces and "HID" devices (mice and keyboards).

This is beyond the sophistication of the basic Arduinox. There are "host shields" which may possibly be used if the scanner provides a relatively straightforward serial output.