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Originally Posted by Greg Marra
Actually, thanks to a standard ( USB human interface device class) most any controlling device should work with the USB Chicklet. The only problem would be how the chicklet chooses to map all of the possible channels in an HID device to it's limited number of channels, but the standard does exist. "Proprietary drivers" are often required for unusual functions that require an extension of the standard, and those 'extras' wouldn't work with the chicklet.
But have no fear, the selection of usable joysticks won't be extremely limited thanks to standards! Yay standards! |
cool thanks for the snipplet of info.. on a sidenote, for those who want to make their own controllers and are having a bad time figuring out how to turn digital signals into an analogue 0-5V without an ADC, they can probably try a PIC18F4550 usb-integrated microcontroller which can be configured to behave as a USB HID device. So going by HID specs, you'll just need to translate whatever sensors you're using and output the necessary variables, letting the USB chicklet do the DAC conversion
yes I realise this is going a large round to solve a simple problem, but PIC-inclined programmers may find this easier instead
