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TopJimmyCooks:

Would it be possible to run aimtrak guns or other usb guns wirelessly with pairs of these usb wireless things?

http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1337



and a battery?  It probably wouldn't all fit in the pistol shell, but is the concept sound?




Ed_McCarron:

For starters, even if the link would carry all the needed data (didn't really dig) -- you'd need to write the code to pass the USB data.


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I just stuck a 10' extension cable on mine.

bkenobi:

I'd be a little worried about lag, but they look like they're worth a try.  You'll need 1/gun which could get a bit spendy beyond the $80/gun price tag (assuming you go with the Aimtrak gun housing as well).  On the other hand, if you're already in $80/gun, what's another $20 plus $20/gun (1 receiver for PC + 1 transmitter/gun)?

I'd probably wait till you hear from Andy on whether there's any specific incompatibilty that he may see.  

drventure:

If the aimtrack had this as a daughterboard option, I'd be all over that. Wireless guns would just flat rock!

TopJimmyCooks:

No idea here of the throughput required for the guns or the lag this would create.  I just saw the product and immediately thought of USB guns.  as far as cost, if I was doing aimtrak at $80/gun I would def. consider wireless at $120/gun.  I don't think this would fit in the aimtrak shells but It would in some of those nerf conversion shells.

there's no positional information sent from the gun, that's given by the reciever, so it's just like keypresses being sent.  seems like it could be worked out to keep that on track for speed.

it's strange that the thing requires coding to even pass what it gets via usb straight through?  The usb must just be a programming interface but not necessarily the source of the signal it's radioing.  I would pick up a couple to mess with but I don't have any guns.  maybe use the analog inputs to test a wireless joystick+ 1 button controller or something.

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