Hello
I am a begginer in robotics so take it easy with me. The robot I want to build is to be controlled directly from my laptop (like "turn on motor 1 now", but merged into a programming language) and it is supposed to be plugged into the wall so there is no need for energy considerations. Now my question is about the interface between the computer and the motors. I really don't think i need a microcontroller for this since i don't need a cpu and memory-banks and all that comes with a microcontroller. I basically just need ten switches that can be controlled from a computer. Where can I find such a thing?
This is probably really simple, but as i said, i'm a beginner, so don't go too rough on me :P
Oskar