{"id":6928,"date":"2021-09-30T03:44:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T20:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phidgets.com\/education\/?page_id=6928"},"modified":"2022-08-26T00:20:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T17:20:49","slug":"pynput","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.phidgets.com\/education\/learn\/projects\/pynput\/","title":{"rendered":"pynput with Phidgets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.1&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_vertical_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_blur_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_spread_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; vertical_offset_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243; horizontal_offset_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.1&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;3&#8243; box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_vertical_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_blur_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_spread_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; vertical_offset_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243; horizontal_offset_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;pynput with Phidgets&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_vertical_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_blur_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_spread_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; vertical_offset_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243; horizontal_offset_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"ph-overline-text\"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->    <a href=\"\/education\/learn\/projects\">Projects<\/a><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->    <\/div>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<h1>pynput with Phidgets<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Description&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_vertical_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_blur_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_spread_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; vertical_offset_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243; horizontal_offset_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;0&#8243;]<pee>In this project, you will learn how to use pynput with Phidgets. 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