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| Havok:
--- Quote from: D_Harris on February 22, 2010, 10:31:02 am --- You'll spend over $40 for the cheapest encoder(Opti-Wiz) if you include the cables and shipping. Then you can't just use any spinner/trackball. So you might have to add the price of that. I do have a Centipede trackball and there are two connections that have four pins each. An Opti-Wiz trackball cable has 6 pins, so how would I connect the Opti-Wiz? An optical or laser mouse just seems like the cheapest and easiest way to me because t comes down to mounting it vs. the money spent for an encoder.(Am I missing something?). Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. --- End quote --- An EZ solder Opti-Wiz is $14.95 and comes with a USB cable. With shipping and tax it's $23.40. It's a generic solution to connect virtually *any* trackball or spinner to a pc. You would need to determine what the pinouts are on your trackball and make the appropriate connections to the interface - just chop the plug. A trackball shouldn't require 8 connections, only six. Most likely two are not connected to anything. These should be the correct colors to wire your trackball, see if that works: Black to Ground Red to +5V Yellow to YA Green to YB Brown to XA Blue to XB As a bonus, you can connect a spinner to the Z axis connection (ZA + ZB) on the OptiWiz as well... Standard Disclaimer: Been a while since I wired one up, I would check with Randy as this is from memory. |
| TOK:
--- Quote from: D_Harris on February 22, 2010, 10:32:55 am --- I don't have a "Groovy Game Gear spinner" or "Happ USB track ball", so I'd have to add the cost of either of those to the cost of the encoder. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. --- End quote --- No you wouldn't, because you don't need an encoder with either of them. Sorry, but you're not forthcoming with info and it makes it difficult to interpret what you're trying to do. You didn't even say you already had hardware until after I replied. |
| allroy1975:
I just recently hacked a optical controller to a mouse. if you have some wire and solder and a soldering iron already....and an old mouse....it's easy and essentially free. |
| D_Harris:
--- Quote from: TOK on February 22, 2010, 11:43:10 am --- --- Quote from: D_Harris on February 22, 2010, 10:32:55 am --- I don't have a "Groovy Game Gear spinner" or "Happ USB track ball", so I'd have to add the cost of either of those to the cost of the encoder. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. --- End quote --- No you wouldn't, because you don't need an encoder with either of them. Sorry, but you're not forthcoming with info and it makes it difficult to interpret what you're trying to do. You didn't even say you already had hardware until after I replied. --- End quote --- Because this is really not more complicated than the first question I posted to start this thread. Outside of that I was just responding to what others were saying. But since you asked, I have a couple of Hydrogen controllers and a couple of MiniPACs. My immediate goal for the first control panel is for a single spinner and five game buttons. So I was considering using a five button mouse, which is why I started the thread. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. |
| Havok:
Why the hell would you hack a mouse when you have a MiniPac? You've got a trackball and spinner connection, plus 32 connections for joysticks\buttons? :banghead: Forgot about the Hydrogen controllers - yet another way to interface a spinner and buttons. :banghead: :banghead: |
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