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Making a positional gun
SeaMonkey:
$20 really? I just saw a pair with the panel, and some boards go for 80+ but maybe I will keep my eyes open longer.
Thanks for the tip. That would be a better option, if for no other reason, than it has the built-in feedback.
Although....the collector's armory has a sweet looking Thompson SMG
SeaMonkey:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on October 21, 2004, 01:13:24 am --- You can take a typical pc analog joystick appart - and use the pots and encoder.
You will need to fashion some sorta way to turn the pots... either using gears, or direct drive d-pot system.
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Wow, fantastic work.
Where do you get your gears?
Bgnome:
--- Quote from: Minwah on October 21, 2004, 04:47:02 am ---
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on October 21, 2004, 01:13:24 am --- You can take a typical pc analog joystick appart - and use the pots and encoder.
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Or interface the 5k pots & switches with an AKI: http://dave.bit2000.com/
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cant you plug the pots directly into a gameport? i thought that it had support for analog axes..
Xiaou2:
found the gears at a local hobby shop. you may try a surplus place as well.
if you are good, you could wire up pots to a gameport... but thats a little scary for me. Also, I prefer using usb hacks now.
SeaMonkey:
--- Quote from: Minwah on October 21, 2004, 04:47:02 am ---
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on October 21, 2004, 01:13:24 am --- You can take a typical pc analog joystick appart - and use the pots and encoder.
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Or interface the 5k pots & switches with an AKI: http://dave.bit2000.com/
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Minwah, if I read your site correctly, I could use that board to control two T2 style positional guns, with buttons, correct?