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Ultimarc U360 Mod to add rotary function&Top-fire/LED

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Ummon:

Is it possible (or plausible) to have a non-magnetic strip in the middle, effectively separating two half-discs each magnetic, and have the software discern between the two?

Perhaps Bender's mod would be easier and more sensible to adopt?

Franco B:

I think Bender may have something to show you fairly soon ;) wink ;)

ryantheleach:

Thread has been bookmarked.

I seriously want this bad.

still need to get cash together to build by arcade machine tho but i havn't given up, being a student doesn't help.

brandon:

That would be SO sweet!  The versatility of the U360 (which I do not own yet) plus rotary!  Then we'd just need a lightgun solution that actually worked and we would be in arcade heaven :) 

EDIT:

Holy Crap!  AimTrak?  Wow.. a lot has happened since I've been away! :p

JustMichael:


--- Quote from: AndyWarne on October 15, 2009, 04:59:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: JustMichael on October 15, 2009, 04:08:37 am ---AndyWarne,
With the U360, can the electronics currently sense the direction the magnetic field is running (where "north" and "south" are) as well as where the magnet is?  I was just thinking if the U360 could tell where north and south are (like a compass), then you could use electronics to sense the spinning of the shaft.  If it currently can't,  what about adding a some HMC1501's or  HMC1512's to measure the angle of the magnetic field?  This could give a way of sensing the shaft spinning without having to add an encoder wheel to the shaft and the optical sensor.

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No. If you think about it, if this were the case, the joystick position would go all over the place if you rotated the handle.

Andy

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Ok.  The current electronics do not sense the direction of the magnetic field just the strength of it to tell where the stick is.  What about adding some electronics to sense the direction of the magnetic field?  I believe the HMC 1512 can sense 180º of change and then you would also need something to tell when the direction of the magnetic field has reversed (to give the full 360º).  The U360 would then be one step closer to the ultimate joystick.

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