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| Ninten-doh:
Kremmit, I just tried a search on "convert" and "potentiometer" and came up empty. Is there a write-up somewhere on how to do the optical <-> potentiometer conversion? I really like your idea. |
| lloydcom:
Can you not just get a Sidewinder Dual Strike and hack that? I got mine on ebay and it cost 5 pounds/dollars/rupies/etc Since they hack Dual Strikes for Starwars, I couldn't see a difference when you calibrate it. |
| Ninten-doh:
Lloydcom, I thought the Dual Strike hack only worked with analog arcade controls like the Star Wars yoke? If the Dual Strike would work as a replacement for the optics on my Roadblaster yoke, I would LOVE to know how that works! :cheers: |
| PoDunkMoFo:
I don't remember seeing anyone do this so there probably won't be a write-up......... Until you do one ;) You might need to head to the hobby store and pick up some gears and a potentiometer. Check this site out http://www.student.oulu.fi/~heinanen/wheel.html and search for other build your own racing wheel. That should give you a good start. Remember you have the hard part done for you (wheel built). If you don't want to go thru the good ol' game port you will need to pick up an A-Pac or do a joystick hack like the dual strike. Good luck and have fun. |
| Kremmit:
Ninten-Doh- As you thought, you can't use a Dual Strike hack as it sits because the Dual Strike is for analog, potentiometer-based devices. The Roadblasters wheel is optical, like a spinner. If you were to convert it with a pot, then you could use a Dual-Strike, A-Pac, or AKI to hook it up. As for the conversion, nope, I've never seen anybody acutally do it, but it doesn't seem like it should be too awfully hard. Mine is packed away in the parts closet right now, but if I remember correctly, the wheel already has a big gear that mates to a smaller one that turns the optical encoder wheel. I think what you would need to do is to measure how many degrees the small gear turns when the wheel is moved through it's full range of travel. Then hit the electronics catalogs looking for a pot that turns a little bit farther than that- that way, when you mount it up, the pot can't be turned too far and get damaged. Figure out a way to mount the pot to the small gear (epoxy?) once you've got it, and you're off and running. |
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