The Spin Zone - #8 The Joy of Joysticks

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Oldbitcollector (Jeff)

Great article & project from Jon as usual!

But why would a question of why there are not comments in the "printed" code be considered invalid? ("...a misguided young man (Ah to be young and stupid)...") Sounds like a question from someone who didn't realize the difficulties of printed material layouts, be certainly a valid question.

Good to see you back in Gadgetgangster territory again!

OBC

Ragtop

I was wondering if anybody has tried making a propeller joystick/button usb device that could be used with microsoft windows?

Oldbitcollector (Jeff)

You mean something like this?

http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?t=121649

OBC

Ragtop

I was actually thinking of creating my own joystick (down the road, too many incomplete projects now) but have no idea what has to be sent to windows for it to recognize it as a joystick. May even require writing a driver on the windows side?

There was these flight simulator boxes that added buttons and sliders on the market long ago. May still be. I was thinking something like that maybe with pressure pads instead of a joystick.