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GaryMcT's 2-player generic control panel layout
GaryMcT:
--- Quote from: Bender on August 10, 2009, 03:20:05 pm ---no worries, this is a hobby and should never take precedence over real work ;)
I think they are potentiometers
happ's analog joysticks have either 5k or 100k pots though it says "Optional pot. amplifier PC board allows variable output from potentiometer"
I have no idea how that "k" relates to volts ???
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You probably want to measure the restistance (ohms) on the pot yourself with a multimeter. Depending on what the range is, you'd need some outboard circuitry (or the optional amp) to map from the happ stick to what the x360 wants.
GaryMcT:
Figured out the U360 problem! If I swap magnets between the two, the problem migrates to the other joystick. I'll bug Andy to send me another magnet. I'll buy a restrictor or something though so that I'm paying for the shipping though since I don't know if I messed it up or if it came that way. :)
KissMyWookie:
--- Quote from: Bender on August 10, 2009, 03:20:05 pm ---no worries, this is a hobby and should never take precedence over real work ;)
I think they are potentiometers
happ's analog joysticks have either 5k or 100k pots though it says "Optional pot. amplifier PC board allows variable output from potentiometer"
I have no idea how that "k" relates to volts ???
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The K on a potentiometer is the resistive value in kilo-ohms (1000's of ohms) of the device. Even though resistors are current limiting devices, it's normal to see a change in the voltage across the resistor/potentiometer as the resistance changes.
Steve
GaryMcT:
--- Quote from: KissMyWookie on August 11, 2009, 01:42:01 am ---
--- Quote from: Bender on August 10, 2009, 03:20:05 pm ---no worries, this is a hobby and should never take precedence over real work ;)
I think they are potentiometers
happ's analog joysticks have either 5k or 100k pots though it says "Optional pot. amplifier PC board allows variable output from potentiometer"
I have no idea how that "k" relates to volts ???
--- End quote ---
The K on a potentiometer is the resistive value in kilo-ohms (1000's of ohms) of the device. Even though resistors are current limiting devices, it's normal to see a change in the voltage across the resistor/potentiometer as the resistance changes.
Steve
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I'm an electronics newby. Is it likely that the circuit in the x360 controller is reading the voltage change, or the resistance change when reading the analog stick?
Bender:
hey Gary,
I started a thread on the analog x360 thing here
now I'm wondering what actual control scheme would look like. What your ideal controller look like? two flight sticks? for me this would really be for FPS's
this is what I see is needed, am I missing anything?
4 analog axes
8 buttons (action)
3 admin buttons (back start guide)
4 direction d-pad or 4 more buttons
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