That sounds interesting, instead of pots
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Yes it s called electro-optical circuit. Nice, easy and no wear at all
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I have the same, the morley wha-volume pedal. It uses a slighly different approach. There is a led in a fixed position that point to the receiver. Moving the pedal will make a mask to move that blocks some light. Nice piece of hardware
Yes - that was the first one I bought, back in thee 70s. I’ve since bought two more - wah/volume, and a wah/volume/distortion, which I like very much!
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Ms sidewinder stick (old) used optical sensors
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Jeez, back to the future… , MS Sidwinder Pro was when 1999/2000?
…and … my God, I have this Genius stick from video still in attic closet somewhere… spiky pots as hell.(100k) … same year or so.
Considering Falcon is '98 … hehe … same turf.
… maybe I would even bother to convert the Genius to the LEDs … have to think, but is it worth it… only 4 buttons. would use it for what exactly?? …
and resolution is what 128 ? … compared to today’s best 1024 … well…
I would rather chop off its usb controller and use those buttons and axis for … dunno… Mixer for Traktor (hehe:headb:)\…btw , there is a guy in Opentrack github who used webcam as WW1 flightstick joystick … put ps3cam upwards and on the end (bottom) of the stick is IRLed , so easy X/Y
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Hello, everyone!
A must read!
https://www.instructables.com/id/Convert-a-cheap-flight-joystick-to-a-precise-one/ -
Ms sidewinder stick (old) used optical sensors
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I seem to recall that this stick was/is optically coupled too -
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/userdata/images/large/42/39/product-74239.jpg
I have one of these laying about some place…one of the first sticks available for the Mac, as I recall. Now where’s my ADB to USB adapter?..dat’s way-back there!
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I think using two pieces of polarizer film would give a more linear result. The LED, LDR and one polarizer being stationary, the second polarizer rotating
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I think you mean a columnator…or both…
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Rotating polarizers block light based on angle. If the sensor detected intensity it would vary. http://www.arpnjournals.org/jeas/research_papers/rp_2015/jeas_1215_3186.pdf I just don’t know if it’s any good for a joystick application.
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Correct. When poth films are at the same angle you have maximum light transmition, when at 90° you have minimum