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Originally Posted by chantilly_team
Hey Guy,
We were wondering if we can make our own custom joystick without using the ones provided. We were making it out of potentiometers. So can you convert potentiometers into the joystick ports?
Thanking you in anticipation.
team 612.
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aslong as it does not require an outside powersource, then yes it is legal
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Originally Posted by section 5 pg19
<R69> All equipment connected to the Joystick Ports of the Operator Interface must be powered solely through the power available through the port. External power sources of any type are not permitted on any equipment connected to the Joystick Ports. Portable computing devices may not be connected to Joystick input ports on the Operator Interface.
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you will also need to know the pinouts for the joystick ports, read the OI manual here:
http://www.ifirobotics.com/docs/oi-r...de-1-25-05.pdf , the pinouts are located on page 7,8,9,10
on page 25 of the Guidelines Tips and Good Practices of section 5 of the manual (found here:
http://www2.usfirst.org/2005comp/Man...idelines_C.pdf ) you will see the pinouts for Potentiometers
hope that helps