Posted by Andy Desak on 20, 2000 at 10:13 PM:
In Reply to: Spinner setup questions posted by Marshall on 20, 2000 at 11:43 AM:
I build my spinners using an optical encoder like the one in Happs trackballs. If you are using one of their t-ball encoders or if you have a KE72 from Hagstrom then you can do yours the same way as mine. It is built extremely solid and........ah hell with a long drawn out explanation.
I wasn not really ready to do this yet but I'll do it real quick. I just threw up a temp page about my spinners.
Go to my home page and follow the spinners link.
If you want anymore info let me know. Hopefully the page will be completely done in a couple of weeks
-Andy Desak
Arcade Solutions
http://members.home.net:80/thehutt/home.htm
: I would like some advice on adding a spinner to a joystick control.
: I read the Twisty Grip instructions, the pictures are great,
: but they seem incomplete. For example, in the one piece design,
: they mention drilling holes in the washer to mount screws and
: they use an encoder with nut to secure the wire when the encoder
: sleeve was shown at the top of the shaft. Does anyone have an
: exploded view of the twisty grip complete assembly showing the
: stack-up above and below the control panel?
: Also when looking up parts for the Twisty Grip at Digikey (see link below),
: I found a whole section on rotary optical encoders priced between $2.00 and
: $40.00. Since you are basically using the mouse for the optical encoder, could
: you just mount one of these to the panel, add a knob and wire it up, or am I missing
: something really obvious. If this will work, does anyone know which one would be the
: best one to use.
: If that won't work, is anyone selling preassembled spinner controls (other that Happ for
: $110.00 without the interface). There was message on this site, about Wico having one for
: 47.00, but I called them and they said the item was not listed in their system and acted like
: they had never heard of it.
: Finally, everything I have found so far on spinners mentions using a gutted mouse or trackball
: and interfacing to the PS2 mouse or serial port. Is there any way to avoid running another cable
: by running the spinner outputs to the keyboard right or left arrow positions on the keyboard encoder.
: I realize I would still need +5 VDC from somewhere. I would think this would be available through the
: keyboard port. Does anyone know if any of the keyboard encoders supply +5VDC on one of the pin outs?
: (I am ideally trying to run the spinner and the other controls through the keyboard port!)
: TIA,
: Marshall