Control from computer

Hi all-

I haven't been able to find any info on this (I guess I don't have the google magic today), but I want to know if there's a way to control an Arduino directly from the computer. All the documentation I've found so far is for writing the program then uploading it to the board, and the board acts independently from the computer; here I want the board directly tethered to the computer, getting commands from it and turning around and doing something that only the Arduino can do.

Basically I want to write some C++ code on the Mac that sends signals to the Arduino, and the Arduino then turns on some lights, enables a stepper motor, etc.

Thanks for any info.

Tacho

http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Main/InterfacingWithSoftware

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Wow...dunno how I missed that. Thanks a lot for the info! :slight_smile: