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Title: Where did Oscar get this part?
Post by: unclet on November 03, 2003, 04:09:55 pm

I want to connect my Pole Position steering assembly to a USB mouse so I can add it to my driving cab.   I planned on taking the optics off of the USB mouse PCB, connecting a set of Optek (model #OPB660T) optics to a wafer board and then finally wiring the wafer board optics to my USB mouse PCB (where the original mouse optics were removed from).  I would then mount/adjust the wafer board (with the Optek optics) to my Pole Position steering assembly using a similar manner as Oscar did at his site http://www.oscarcontrols.com/projects/steeringwheel2.htm

Is this feasible?  I figured I would replace the mouse optics with the Optek brand optics since they are bigger and can more easily support the Pole Position encoder wheel.

If so, the only part I am missing for attachment of the wafer board is the white bracket shown in the picture below.  I have looked everywhere and can not find one.  Does anyone know where I can find one of these (or has an extra one for me)?

Title: Re:Where did Oscar get this part?
Post by: RandyT on November 03, 2003, 05:04:14 pm

Try Here (http://www.mcmaster.com/catalog/109/html/2812.html#.)

RandyT

Title: Re:Where did Oscar get this part?
Post by: papaschtroumpf on November 03, 2003, 05:07:50 pm

I've bought something very similar form the hardware bins at Lowes, except that it was in brown plastic.

Title: Re:Where did Oscar get this part?
Post by: OSCAR on November 03, 2003, 05:57:34 pm

Quote from: unclet on November 03, 2003, 04:09:55 pm

I want to connect my Pole Position steering assembly to a USB mouse so I can add it to my driving cab.   I planned on taking the optics off of the USB mouse PCB, connecting a set of Optek (model #OPB660T) optics to a wafer board and then finally wiring the wafer board optics to my USB mouse PCB (where the original mouse optics were removed from).  I would then mount/adjust the wafer board (with the Optek optics) to my Pole Position steering assembly using a similar manner as Oscar did at his site http://www.oscarcontrols.com/projects/steeringwheel2.htm

Is this feasible?  I figured I would replace the mouse optics with the Optek brand optics since they are bigger and can more easily support the Pole Position encoder wheel.

If so, the only part I am missing for attachment of the wafer board is the white bracket shown in the picture below.  I have looked everywhere and can not find one.  Does anyone know where I can find one of these (or has an extra one for me)?

I still have some if you need a couple.  Email me and I'll send you some.

Title: Re:Where did Oscar get this part?
Post by: eightbit on November 03, 2003, 06:24:21 pm

Any hardware store should have them.