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Using a foot pedal for a button?
equlizer:
I want to use a foot pedal and put a switch in it to use it as a button. Has anyone done this before? Have any pics?
I want to install a TT2 spinner and use the foot pedal to fire :)
Xiaou2:
Its not hard to hack, make, or obtain a digital pedal solution...
However, the real question is.. what are you using it for?
Any game that requires decent fire rates... will be a big problem for most people. Even drummers need to sit down, use dual pedals, and those pedals are leverage-sprung (Not typical arcade pedals. More akin to a trebuchet -vs- a single axis catapult).
One idea I had was to use a center axis pedal, with 2 leaf switches, 1 on each end. That could be use for aiming in the up/down sections of Discs of Tron. The original spinner is a bit difficult to spin+change vertically. ..at the same time, so this solution could actually improve the control.
For non analog racing games, a digital pedal will work fine. May work ok enough for some analog games too.
On mame, an analog pedal can be used as a digital button as well. May not work like that on all games and emulators however.
You can also fashion a dual mode pedal... where its geared analog, with a leafswitch, or similar, for digital as well.
PL1:
The 2-switch rocker pedal here can be connected using a stereo audio jack (or similar) to wire the pedal switches in parallel with two buttons. ;D
Works great for the high/low function in Discs of Tron.
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on September 17, 2014, 11:13:45 pm --- Any game that requires decent fire rates... will be a big problem for most people.
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Agreed. Will not work well for Galaga. :lol
Foot pedal and rapid fire are mutually exclusive unless you use some sort of auto-fire solution.
Scott
RandyT:
These are a very nice foot switch, and cheap too. I use them on some of my machinery.
It wouldn't take much to remove the cords and rewire for gaming use.
Thenasty:
Tried playing TRON with a foot button :banghead:
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