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Got a Wingman Warrior that I want to hack only for the spinner
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D_Harris:
Do you really need the Wingman Warrior's optics or is there a way to just use the spinner with the optics of a USB mouse?

And what other hackable controllers are there that have the electronics needed for allowing use of a home-built spinner?

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
Necro:
Take the bottom off the joystick, take some pictures, and post here.  Might make it easier for us to assist...as it is now, not sure. :)
bobotech:
Here are the pictures:









I found an old PS2 ball mouse (an hp brand) that I'm going to rip apart and solder to the wires on the optical board on the joystick spinner.

I am rather concerned though that the PS2 to USb adapter that I'm going to use will cause a noticeable lag which I hope doesn't happen.
I have not been able to find a USB ball mouse which is what I really would like to use.
bobotech:
The optical board on the spinner only has the optical sensors, no other electronics so that is rather helpful to start.
Vigo:
If you don't mind a little scrounging and thrift shopping, you should be able to find a cheap usb ball mouse. The old dell standard mouse was USB and Ball, and I come across it quite a bit.



I bet you could keep the same encoder wheel on the end of the spinner as well. and just line up the mouse board to the wheel.


You could probably keep the board from the wingman, but I don't know what you would be able to hack off from the main board and still keep the spinner working. I am guessing you could probably chop off at least a bit from the main board and still keep the spinner functional.
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