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Minwah:


--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on January 26, 2005, 04:31:52 am --- A heavy duty arcade analog stick uses a huge rubber gromet to produce the resistence - and center the shaft.   It also has a trigger and additional buttons on top.  Most Built of heavy duty steel.

 An 8way has limited durability.  Its spring is barly able to return its light shaft.  The shaft has no triggers or additional buttons.   Excluding the shaft... the entire base  is light duty plastic) 

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I partially agree with your point, but not *all* arcade analog sticks are as you describe.  There are analog sticks with no triggers/buttons (batt or ball tops), and some are centred with springs.  And the housing of the Happ analog stick I have is plastic, the same plastic used on digital sticks.

I don't know about the feasibility of this idea but I would rather use a digital stick style analog stick (if it can be done) than a PC analog stick.  Actually, this is pretty similar to what a Happ 49-way stick is in a way...that would be a good stick to try hall effect sensors on since it has an analog-like throw, and maybe the sliding actuators could be used to mount the sensors/magnets.

Lilwolf:

Just add more weight to the bottom.  This will add your centering... gravity.

I'm still curious if I can find a way to get the analog dreamcast working through an arcade joystick.... But thats for my dreamcast cabinet... not my pc cabinet.

one last mention.  Analog joysticks on ebay can go pretty cheap.  But flight sticks mainly... Hard to find ball/bat analog joysticks...  But you CAN find them with hall effects joysticks. 

Anyone ever try and hack a halls effect aracade joystick to a dreamcast controller?

Minwah:


--- Quote from: Lilwolf on January 26, 2005, 08:44:11 am ---Anyone ever try and hack a halls effect aracade joystick to a dreamcast controller?

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Don't think you can...U_Rebel has explained why before I think...

Trimoor:

You might be able too.  I haven't looked, but the pairs of sensors on the DC might be connected together with resistors to provide a single analog sweep.

For your Dreamcast cab, try opening the controller and placing the joystick part under the 8-way.  Attach a little magnet on the end of the shaft.  Let us know if you try it.

For the rest of us, my idea is no longer to have a DC, but to use discreet hall effect sensors connected directly to the game port.  I requested samples from allegro, and if this works, we could have analog mods for less than $5.  The sensors don't need to be perfectly aligned.  This is what calibration is for.

Sephroth57:

i have no idea what youre talking about... but umm keep doin what ur doin =P

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