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| Blakey:
My cocktail is nearing completion, there are pics in other threads (eg P1/P2 leds, cocktail plans, shinyest control panel ever). I have a Benq RF wireless keyboard and mouse combo that I'll be using for maintenance/etc, but the mouse is essentially redundant as it's replaced by a Suzo hacked into a PS/2 mouse. I suddenly thought, if I have a wireless ball mouse, surely I can hack it into a wireless trackball! The mouse is powered by 2x1.5V AAA batteries, so I would presume the optics are low power, and I'd need 5V from another battery source to step up the trackballs output. Then I thought - well what about player 3/4? Surely I could make up a control panel with the keyboard RF sender in it and wire the sticks/buttons to the keyboard matrix, there should be no voltage problems here. I've searched the forums but found nothing, have wireless controllers actually been done before successfully? I probably won't hack my keyboard, as I need it, but I could be convinced to box up a trackball/spinner and hack my mouse so I can play arkanoid vertically. |
| RayB:
Did this ever go anywhere? |
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