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Hand held wheels
Kremmit:
--- Quote from: Gradius on March 25, 2005, 02:27:59 am ---The problem is how to turn a left-right movement from analogue joystick into a circular movement.
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It's not a problem at all. Inside the base of an analog joystick, the handle connects to the shafts of 2 potentiometers, one for each axis of movement. To attach a wheel instead, just remove the case from your joystick, throw away the handle, and connect one of the potentiometers to the wheel. Done!
I was considering finding one of these controllers just for the wheel itself. I want to build a Jakk's Ms. Pac bartop, and instead of using the cheap-o yellow joy it comes with, I wanted to put a real arcade joy on there. I'd hack the Pole Position pot onto the little RC car wheel and mount that next to the stick on the bartop's cp.
Anybody got a little wheel for me?
Gradius:
Kremmit, what you're telling me is filling me with hope but I still cannot see it clear and easy. It would be a dream to be able to hack an analogue stick or a PS2 dual shock analogue controls and make my own analogue hand held steering wheel. Now that you say this is possible, I don't know what would be better: a wooden box with a wheel and a kind of lever for accel/brake (somethink similar to a homemade spinner), or a hand held controller, using a rc controller for it. This would be harder (I would also have to find place to put the guts of the joystick/pad inside the controller) but I suppose the result would be impressive. But, before dreaming with that, the technical problems. I suppose this is not as easy as a digital hack, where you have 2 points which you solder and connect to a switch, and when you push the button, you close the switch and the circuit and then the action is registered. I have not idea about potentiometers. Imagine I have an analogue stick for PC with a couple of potentiometers inside and I have something like a radio dial with a spring which I intend to use as a wheel, and I have a lever with a spring for accel/brake. Now, how to connect all this? Sorry for my ignorance but I only have experience with digital hacks (PSX pads mainly). Please tell me which would be the best and easiest way to do this. Thankyou!
versapak:
This is the controller you are talking about?
--- Quote ---I have one of those for the N64
It did not work for me.
I have heard some people have got the playstations working.
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I haven't tried my PSX version on the PC, but the N64 version works just fine with an adaptoid.
[EDIT]
Didn't even realize you had actual links to what you were talking about. I must be going blind. :)
Anyway... Yeah, they work. At least the one that I posted does.
daywane:
--- Quote from: versapak on March 25, 2005, 12:22:04 pm ---This is the controller you are talking about?
--- Quote ---I have one of those for the N64
It did not work for me.
I have heard some people have got the playstations working.
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I only have one usb adaptor that fits the N64 controllers. it also lets 1 playstation. analog works with playstation but not the n64. never got it working.
I haven't tried my PSX version on the PC, but the N64 version works just fine with an adaptoid.
[EDIT]
Didn't even realize you had actual links to what you were talking about. I must be going blind. :)
Anyway... Yeah, they work. At least the one that I posted does.
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Mojo2000:
How about the Sega Saturn RacCon which Lik-Sang has on for cheap? :)
http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=178&products_id=3736&