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New Product: Opti-Wiz
RayB:
Wait. You can't just lump Atari trackballs all together.
There are the Atari trackballs in plastic housings that use 4 pin optics. I think those are probably just Wicos (though someone should confirm this). And then there are the pre-Centipede trackballs they made out of machined metal. I think the optics might be different on those. I know there are some Atari optics with alot more than 4 pins.
pointdablame:
Randy,
If you have a trackball and spinner hooked up to this simultaneously, is there anything put in place similar to the OptiPac where one controls is disabled while the other is in use? Or will you potentially be able to ruin your friend's Centipede score with a swift spin of your spinner? ;D
Just curious and didn't see it mentioned in the thread.
markrvp:
--- Quote from: pointdablame on January 05, 2006, 04:35:35 pm ---Randy,
If you have a trackball and spinner hooked up to this simultaneously, is there anything put in place similar to the OptiPac where one controls is disabled while the other is in use?
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SirPoonga:
Let me take a guess at it. I'm betting RandyT is going to say no. The circuit looks like it is just a typical mouse microcontroller chip with header pins instead of IR componants. Am I right?
RandyT:
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on January 05, 2006, 05:01:28 pm ---Let me take a guess at it. I'm betting RandyT is going to say no. The circuit looks like it is just a typical mouse microcontroller chip with header pins instead of IR componants. Am I right?
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Mark has it correct (I knew I picked him to Beta for a reason ;) ). It reports as a mouse with 3-Axes. As long as you can configure your application to use the Axes properly, you won't need to worry about one affecting the other.
The board uses a generic USB microcontroller, not a "mouse microcontroller chip". It reports itself to Windows as an "Opti-Wiz" with a device type of HID Compliant Mouse when in USB mode. As a point of reference, just the chip used in this device costs more than 2 whole "bargain basement mice".
RandyT