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Splitting the buttons out on an xbox joypad.

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Donkbaca:
all a potentiometer would do is regulate current.  You need something to interpret that signal.  Just buy a driving wheel or hack a mouse and use digital for acceleration and braking

djlins:
Thanks Donkbaca I did originally think of using an old wheel mouse, but the return to centre might cause me pain. Plus the mouse would use the whole USB port and I need more inputs. Because I want to use the new Raspberry Pi for this then I will only have one USB port so think I am on the right track to butcher a joypad.

I think digital acceleration and braking is fine so if I can get HaRuMaN to help me out with relocating the thumbsticks about (on that other link above from Hoopz) then I think I am sorted.

Thanks again though.

L

Donkbaca:
you can't relocate the joysticks without serious hacking.  Good luck with that

djlins:
Okay just openning this up again because I have another member willing to hack a joypad and then move the analogue pots onto 30cm wires for me to relocate however since then I have just come across this little beauty:
http://www.ultimarc.com/a-pac.html
It kind of skates around the fact that it uses USB technology but I can't find any proper instructions to see how easy that is.

Can someone correct me if I am wrong.
I am now thinking of getting about 15 of these:
http://search.digikey.com/uk/en/products/GPB081A09B/SW641-ND/2235513

and a couple of these:
http://search.digikey.com/uk/en/products/EVU-E2AF25B14/P3P5103-ND/243653

Should I theoretically be able to whack them all straight into that ultimarc A-PAC board and then plug a usb cable in the end? Would that work in the same way as a hacked PC USB joypad?

From what I have read up on it should just then pick up as normal USB joystic inputs (With the analogues being on only 1 axis each but thats fine)
Just want to check before I go down this route because I think the board would take less space than the hacked joypad.

Cheers,
DJL.

Donkbaca:
I say just hack a mouse or get a spinner.

Did you do that Mil Falcon mod?  That sucker is sweet!

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