Posted by AD on 22, 2001 at 11:51 PM:
In Reply to: This is how I did my first one... (more) posted by OSCAR on 22, 2001 at 11:03 PM:
The encoder wheel on the Demolition Derby steering wheel is about 100 times the size of the mouse encoder wheel. it's about 3 inches in diameter. I don't think this will work mechanically with the mouse. I'm trying electronically except on the wheel pcb there are two led's side by side across from two receivers side by side. Each individual led or reciever has two prongs for a total of 8 - 4 receiver, 4 LED. I don't know what to wire these pins to. HELP.
: I had originally hacked my Blasteroids Atari spinner with a mouse. You need to located the X-axis led emitter and receiver on the mouse pcb, and align it with the encoder wheel on the spinner. I hope the picture shows it clearly enough. I know this looks kinda rough, which is why I came up with the OSCAR. It did work well, though, but I wasn't happy with the way the Atari spinner felt. The "action" just didn't feel right.