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Re: Using a USB to 15 pin converter

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Originally Posted by ZZII 527 View Post
On an interesting side-note (and I could be wrong), the voltage singals coming in from the 15-pin Gameport joysticks are not exactly analog either. The OI probably uses timers and a digital pulse input, and the joystick potentiometers adjust the "R" in the RC circuit. The OI then determines how much lag there is to the pulse output, and that is the "analog" value. (It was very interesting to see the way the Flightsticks were wired the first time I opened them expecting pure analog signals on the axes pins.).
This doesn't sound right to me. I've never opened up an OI, but I know that it is far easier to build/integrate an analog-to-digital converter than it is to build an RC/pulse measuring circuit.