I have successfully gotten arduino running with pd, using the arduino-test.pd from arduino's webpage. I have a button attached to the arduino, so it triggers a bang when the connection is closed. But the bang is triggered both when the button is pressed and depressed. Is there a way to only have the bang hit when the button is pressed?

thanks.

Haha, just realized that 'pressed' and 'depressed' kinda mean the same thing. Depressed as in: "Lower in amount, degree, or position." Anyway, are you saying that you get a message for both the button-down and button-up event?

dang didnt even realize that about pressed and depressed lol. yeah button-down and button-up events both send the bang.

I haven't used that example, but if what it's doing is sending a "1" or "0" when the button is pressed or released, then the reason you get bangs for both is that a bang happens whenever any data comes through. here's one way to do it:

[arduino or what-have-you]
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[select 1]
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(bang)