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Title: Trackball Wiring Kit
Post by: jrj8541 on May 23, 2005, 03:17:34 pm

Howdy!

I looked at doing the mouse hack for my trackball but I am really scared I am going to screw the whole thing up.

Title: Re: Trackball Wiring Kit
Post by: dabone on May 23, 2005, 03:36:57 pm

I've got one on a 2 1/4" happs trackball and it works great.

Just remember that it requires a +5v power supply.
(I used a wall wart and a 7505 regulator.)


Later,
dabone

Title: Re: Trackball Wiring Kit
Post by: Tiger-Heli on May 23, 2005, 03:41:28 pm

Happ changed the part number.

http://www.happcontrols.com/trackballs/56011300k.htm

Not sure if it would work with the imperial or not.

You could just buy OSCAR's pre-hacked USB mouse for $10 or so.  www.oscarcontrols.com

Title: Re: Trackball Wiring Kit
Post by: wakerlet on May 23, 2005, 08:21:12 pm

No it will not work with anything other than Atari/Happ trackballs.

Title: Re: Trackball Wiring Kit
Post by: jrj8541 on May 23, 2005, 09:01:06 pm

Thanks so much.  Went with the Oscar prehacked USB kit.   Seems like it was designed for the solder-challenged like myself.

James

Title: Re: Trackball Wiring Kit
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on May 23, 2005, 09:22:57 pm

Quote from: jrj8541 on May 23, 2005, 09:01:06 pm

Thanks so much.  Went with the Oscar prehacked USB kit.   Seems like it was designed for the solder-challenged like myself.

They have worked perfectly for me, on every application I have ever tried them on.
I've got, or have built a bunch of wheels, spinners, trackballs, etc..., and they all just hook up and work.

The only issue I have ever run into is that some of the optic cards I've hooked it to have had the sensor wires backwards on them, as compared to Oscar's own optic cards.
When this happens, it's a simple matter of turning one header around on the mouse hack, to swap the direction.
Oscar has directions for doing that on his website.