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controller for quadriplegic
Arcadiac:
I too have been following this thread with great interest for personal reasons, my son Kevin is disabled and will benefit from the ideas collected here. Keep in mind however that Sean's original request is for a Playstation 2 adapted controller using arcade style controls (see Sean's post #1), not a PC or Arcade/M.A.M.E. controller.
All input is respected and appreciated, just keep the original project in mind, helping us to keep focus on the project at hand. One set of needs and project at a time.
Hopefully this will be the beginning of various projects, all aiming to help those with different abilities be able to participate in what many of us take for granted, and that's enjoying gaming! ;D Thanks All, Respectfully, ARCADIAC!
RetroJames:
Ok, got the digicam back -
Pic 1: You can see the original position of the joysticks (small circles) and of course the new positions
Pic 2: Front of the cp is 5" high, rear is 4" high.
RetroJames:
I need to add a small lip around the edges as we will have a 1/4" to 1/2" protrusion around the top of the cp with t-molding
Obviously there is a ways to go, I had to sort out the sticks first as everything else really depends on thier positions
RetroJames:
Pic 1: In case you were wondering, that's a good example of that "new trigonometry" you have been hearing about.
Pic 2: Those blue bushings on the joysticks are specialty parts from Happs, email me if you need the part numbers.
RetroJames:
These pics show templates for the GGG prodigy and happs analog mounting plates and should illustrate why the sticks had to be moved.
The happs analog has an ultimate style handle, but the prodigy is the euro style. I only did this on one side of the mockup as I only have one spare handle in that ultimate style.
Randy T at GGG actually has new retro balltop sticks comming out, but I want to go with the "euro" tops as that will make both sticks the same height.