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Unread 22-01-2007, 11:33
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Re: Rulings for modifying joysticks in 2007?

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Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday View Post
As a heads-up, this probably won't work the way you want it to. All of the Playstation joysticks I have taken apart have 10K pots on the analog controls. The IFI OI requires 100K. If you use 10K it will not work the way you want it to. You'll end up with an extremely limited range of values coming out of your joysticks.
While I have not been able to test it myself, Mike Copioli has suggested a work around to this problem using a voltage divider to provide the correct amount of current to 'trick' the OI. See his post for more details and math.