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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: HyperCade on November 11, 2013, 04:40:28 pm
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Been a while since I trolled here. Am working on a retro project and wondered if anyone had a line on a hagstrom-type encoder card that worked by bluetooth rather than USB or PS/2. Anyone tried adapting one, or know of an already in-production product that would be helpful!
Thanks!
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Hagstrom?? It has been a while since you've been around. :lol ;D
Look into the Bluefruit (http://www.adafruit.com/products/1535).
(http://www.adafruit.com/images/medium/1535_MED.jpg)
Scott
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Well now, that is quite interesting.. So.. a clever person can open up an iCade, snip the wires and wire it to this encoder, and it will pair with anything including android tablets (which iCade has a real problem with).
Do they have a product that accomodates analog dials?
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What you describe sounds possible, but I haven't looked into the Bluefruit beyond the fact that it attaches via bluetooth, acts like a keyboard, and you can change keystrokes by recompiling the firmware.
Analog controls will require a board with A/D conversion like the Atmel ATMega32U4 in the KADESTICK (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,134781.0.html) or the updated version that Degenatrons is working on here (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,135457.msg1401356.html#msg1401356).
Not sure if the Bluefruit has A/D conversion, but the pin labels don't look promising. :(
Scott