Serial Port Joysticks!!

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by ghhs_1527

but all you would have to do is splice the ends to make it the other way

Um, no. Explaining why would take more time than I am willing to spend, but suffice it to say that USB just doesn't work that way. By design, a USB controller is a whole lot harder to make than a USB peripheral.

[skimoose]

Originally Posted by gburlison

And they are not serial ports (9 or 25 pin connector or USB) they are joystick ports (15 pin connector). Might be time to build our own joystick. If FIRST Teams can build a robot, maybe we should be able to build a joystick. AndyMArk where are you?

The pin out for each port is listed in the OI reference guide. I modified our CH joysticks last year for external buttons, and will probably modify the newer sticks this year (you'd be surprised how stable these new joysticks become once you remove that huge hand grip). ArtDutra04 already mentioned Happ Controls, you can definately build your own joysticks with some of these very nice arcade style sticks.

Hmmm, maybe we'll do that this year!

[gburlison]

I was just thinking....
We (FIRST robotics teams) are capable of building complex 120+ lb robots, shouldn't we be able to build our own joysticks? How hard can it be?

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by gburlison

How hard can it be?

Isn't this what is typically said by the garage tinkerer just before his invention explodes/melts down/malfunctions inscrutably/renders thousands of square miles uninhabitable?