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Paul Olson:
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--- Quote from: Havok on February 20, 2010, 11:10:24 pm ---They're both simple. Purchasing an interface is usually cleaner and quicker however.
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I guess that is subjective.
Where are the pics and instructions on connecting spinner hardware to specific controllers?
(Is there an area on this site for that?).
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
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Hooking up a spinner to an encoder is very easy. Just connect the 4 wires from the spinner to the correct terminals. Trackballs just require connecting 2 more wires for the other axis. I think all of them currently available have screw terminals, so you don't even have to solder anything. There are directions on the sellers' websites. Ultimarc and groovy game gear both sell them.
Like stated by others, the encoders are cheap enough that I don't see any reason to hack a mouse anymore...unless you just want to, of course.
Chris:
I have seen a hacked optical used as a steering wheel, where a wheel was connected to a long dowel pushed through a length of PVC pipe to be free-spinning and the optical mouse read the surface of the dowel where it extended past the pipe. I've considered using this method to allow for easily removable wheels, as all you'd have to do is pull the wheels back out of the control panel. The mice themselves don't actually need to be hacked, just mounted where they will be up against the dowels when they are inserted.
TOK:
--- Quote from: D_Harris on February 20, 2010, 11:02:27 pm ---
Yes, but it comes down to which is easier.
Hacking a mouse, while still maintaining the ability to plug it into your pc. Or figuring out how to interface your arcade spinner/trackball to a controller.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
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If you really want to know which is easier, its the pre-made solution. All you do with a Groovy Game Gear spinner or Happ USB track ball is plug it into a USB port. I had both working on my system minutes after unpacking them.
Are you actually looking for cheap rather than easy, because thats what it sounds like?
D_Harris:
--- Quote from: Paul Olson on February 21, 2010, 03:40:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: D_Harris on February 20, 2010, 11:34:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: Havok on February 20, 2010, 11:10:24 pm ---They're both simple. Purchasing an interface is usually cleaner and quicker however.
--- End quote ---
I guess that is subjective.
Where are the pics and instructions on connecting spinner hardware to specific controllers?
(Is there an area on this site for that?).
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
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Hooking up a spinner to an encoder is very easy. Just connect the 4 wires from the spinner to the correct terminals. Trackballs just require connecting 2 more wires for the other axis. I think all of them currently available have screw terminals, so you don't even have to solder anything. There are directions on the sellers' websites. Ultimarc and groovy game gear both sell them.
Like stated by others, the encoders are cheap enough that I don't see any reason to hack a mouse anymore...unless you just want to, of course.
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You'll spend over $40 for the cheapest encoder(Opti-Wiz) if you include the cables and shipping. Then you can't just use any spinner/trackball. So you might have to add the price of that.
I do have a Centipede trackball and there are two connections that have four pins each. An Opti-Wiz trackball cable has 6 pins, so how would I connect the Opti-Wiz?
An optical or laser mouse just seems like the cheapest and easiest way to me because t comes down to mounting it vs. the money spent for an encoder.(Am I missing something?).
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
D_Harris:
--- Quote from: TOK on February 22, 2010, 05:42:39 am ---
--- Quote from: D_Harris on February 20, 2010, 11:02:27 pm ---
Yes, but it comes down to which is easier.
Hacking a mouse, while still maintaining the ability to plug it into your pc. Or figuring out how to interface your arcade spinner/trackball to a controller.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
--- End quote ---
If you really want to know which is easier, its the pre-made solution. All you do with a Groovy Game Gear spinner or Happ USB track ball is plug it into a USB port. I had both working on my system minutes after unpacking them.
Are you actually looking for cheap rather than easy, because thats what it sounds like?
--- End quote ---
I don't have a "Groovy Game Gear spinner" or "Happ USB track ball", so I'd have to add the cost of either of those to the cost of the encoder.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
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