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controller for quadriplegic
stevejt:
Hey Sean. As you can see, alot of people want to help. BUt we all need to know a little about what you want built. I don't think we understood your first post describing the human hand standing on edge on top of the joystick platform. We also might have some good suggestions if we knew exactly what motor control you have. Any particular games you are looking to use this for, that might make some slight differences, (possibly). I really hope someone here can make something that works for you.
Steve
dweebs0r:
Ok folks, heres the deal. We have an idea to build a controller. We have $100.00 (from Saint). Now we need someone with the skills to step forward:
Number one:
someone needs to step forward and say the have the skills and the time to do this
Number two:
that same person should set aside a paypal account for donations towards this project (its Christmas time people time to give!)
Number three:
although I dont have skills with a woodsaw, I can effectively manipulate HTML :)
so whoever builds the project, if they take pictures, and document on paper or whatever, I can happily create the webpage documentation that saint requested. I will also donate some cash to the project
So, who here can build it?
stevejt:
I think first we more detailed information from sean. I was not the only one that didn't understand the hand on edge thing. This has to be perfectly suited to his needs. It has to have the same measurements as his hand and fingers. It needs to be funtional, and comfortable. Throwing something together with out enough of the correct information to help- might not help at all. Without knowing exactly what he needs, we don't know exactly what skills we need. I am sure there are hundreds of people here that can drill holes in a flat panel. That might not be what best works here. Please read my above post about my idea. I think that might be what we need here. If sean agrees that is a whole new set of skills. I took an empty mouse I have and slapped it on a joystick handle, it seemed like it might be enough. Maybe not. Perhaps I can carve something more accurate out of wood. Maybe we something no one has thought of yet. But we wont know without more details from sean. And I think that if something was thrown together without those details and sent to him, that he might not have the heart to say "sorry, I can't use it, try another one".
Steve
Oddfeld:
--- Quote from: seanwheels on December 09, 2004, 08:23:42 pm ---...with 4 buttons located on each side of each Joy stick in a pattern similar to the human hand standing on edge on top of the joystick platform
--- End quote ---
I wonder if Sean means that it would be uncomfortable or not possible, due to limited wrist movement or whatever, to rest his hands flat on the control panel to hit the horizontally oriented buttons that would be on a typical CP, or to keep swapping back and forth from this hand position to holding the joystick.
So the placement of the buttons should accomodate the fact that his hand will be resting on it's side on top of the panel (as when gripping the joysticks) - the buttons would therefore be oriented vertically on some sort of raised section of the panel behind the sticks, Imagine gripping a joystick, then releasing it and extending your fingers - not turning your wrist 90 degrees afterwards to rest your fingers on the control panel - that's where I think he wants the buttons.
Or I could be way off...
I have the DIY skills of a house brick, incidentally, plus I'm several thousand miles away, but I'd happily make a paypal donation or whatever to the project, and provide artworking skills (drawing up templates in Illustrator, making CPO graphics etc).
RetroJames:
Let's get the design figured out first.