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quarterback:

--- Quote from: shmokes on March 05, 2006, 01:45:51 pm ---I hope the addon is expensive, because I want it to be controllable through software so the resistence is automatically applied when Arkanoid is loaded up.  If I have to get inside my CP to change resistence forget about it.  After the novelty wears off in a week I'll just leave it on one setting and it will stay there forever.

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If the resistance is due to physical pressure being put onto the spinner, it seems like it could be switchable from the top of your CP without a ton of difficulty.
whammoed:
OK.  Here is the good news: 
The Gyramite works well with both the optiwiz and optipac.  (thanks to RandyT and help from tech support at the optical encoder manufacturer.)  I even gave it a go in Linux on the Z axis of the optiwiz.  On tempest at 9% sensitivity (which gave the 1 revolution per ~3 turns) I could produce no backspin no matter how hard I tried.  What does that mean?  Well, nothing important really, as the backspin that could be produced on the X axis didn't affect game play.  I just found it interesting.  Leads me to believe that backspin is a product of software interpretation and not a product of the spinner or interface, at least with the test subjects at hand.  In my opinion the optipac and the optiwiz are the two biggies as far as mouse input goes.  If I have the opportunity I will test other input devices.  Kudos to RandyT for the optiwiz.  Great design and its modular.  (wish it had an option for terminal blocks, but I see the reason for the design choice.)
Other test news.  At 100% sensitivity I achieved the correct movement ratio for arkanoid.  I was hoping this would be the case since the arkanoid spinner had an effective 486CPR and the Gyramite comes real close at 500CPR.  Of course there was no way of knowing till it was tried since this is emulation using mouse input.
Here is the Bad/Good? news:
I will be going back to the drawing board for a while on this product to investigate the feasibility of adjusting the resistance on the fly.  Yes, if I do it, it will have the ability to be software controlled.  I personally don't do any kind of manual switching to change controls so my preference is to create a spinner that follows that philosophy.

So, if you need a spinner in the next few months, please look into one of the other spinners available.  The Gyramite won't be ready for sale in the short term.

Thanks for the feedback and ideas.  Keep your eyes open, I will be announcing another new product hopefully within a couple weeks.  ;)
GGKoul:
Does it come with a Push/Pull option?
whammoed:

--- Quote from: GGKoul on March 06, 2006, 04:20:49 pm ---Does it come with a Push/Pull option?

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That is something I would look into later.  It is not something that will have to delay first run manufacture.  So, no, at least not at first.
farmecologist:
Wow, thanks for putting all of the time and effort into researching this, whammoed!

   
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