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GregD:
Sort of a broad question without knowing what you plan on using the parts for.  What type of control panel will you be building?  You mention how the trackball will look on the control panel.  Do you prefer it to be high in the control panel.  if so, Happ makes a high ball trackball.  The Ultimarc trackball is a good trackball.  It is easy to mount in 3/4" material without a plate or having to do any routing.  The downside is that it is expensive.  Both the Ipac/Minipac and the Groovy Game Gear KeyWiz are really good encoders.  Both will be fine for you.  If you are ordering a bunch of parts from Ultimarc then get the Ipac.  If you are ordering a bunch of parts from Groovy then get the KeyWiz.

trekking95:

--- Quote from: Unstupid on February 27, 2012, 03:00:24 pm ---By themselves they are all kind of useless!  Are you sticking them on a cab you already own or are you building a new cab around them?

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 ???
Kinda like asking for a 4 topping pizza and no dough to put it on.  :laugh2:

No really though is that meant to be serious?

trekking95:

--- Quote from: GregD on February 27, 2012, 03:53:30 pm ---Sort of a broad question without knowing what you plan on using the parts for.  What type of control panel will you be building?  You mention how the trackball will look on the control panel.  Do you prefer it to be high in the control panel.  if so, Happ makes a high ball trackball.  The Ultimarc trackball is a good trackball.  It is easy to mount in 3/4" material without a plate or having to do any routing.  The downside is that it is expensive.  Both the Ipac/Minipac and the Groovy Game Gear KeyWiz are really good encoders.  Both will be fine for you.  If you are ordering a bunch of parts from Ultimarc then get the Ipac.  If you are ordering a bunch of parts from Groovy then get the KeyWiz.

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What about a 1/4 inch panel for the ultimarc one? Its not about the high part, just that the edge looks nice (like the ultimarc one).
Does the GGG one need routing and would it look nice? I can do routing if needed. Also the GGG one needs the Opti-Wiz, right?
Anyway besides the Ipac there was not much else from ultimarc that I needed, but from GGG there was the Tron joystick, the trackball for $59 and a spinner so yeah maybe it will all be from them, except the Happ trigger stick.
And are the Keywiz ones good?


Anyway its like a Tron panel with the trigger stick and spinner and the trackball since there will be room for it.

GregD:
The Ultimarc U-Trac trackball is for mounting in 3/4" wood panels.  A Happ trackball looks really nice above the panel if done correctly.  I have only used the KeyWiz so that is all I can recommend.  If you search on the two products you will find that both are good encoders and each has a following.  You can get a Happ trackball with a USB and PS/2 interface built in.  I got mine on ebay for $10 and had to buy a $15 optiwiz.  No big deal.

Unstupid:

--- Quote from: trekking95 on February 27, 2012, 03:53:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: Unstupid on February 27, 2012, 03:00:24 pm ---By themselves they are all kind of useless!  Are you sticking them on a cab you already own or are you building a new cab around them?

--- End quote ---

 ???
Kinda like asking for a 4 topping pizza and no dough to put it on.  :laugh2:

No really though is that meant to be serious?

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Hahah good analogy...  No it would be easier to make recommendations if we could analyze what you already have... that way we can see your weak point and recommend what would net you the beiggest benefit.

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