Question about Joysticks

[computer411]

I have found that going to CH products OEM division you can get the 100k potentiometer josticks and wire them yourself with the 15-pin connector that they do sell. The only thing is that you have to find a distrubutor, and they are super small(thumb controls). They also have no buttons and you have to mount them to something. Our team used them this year and they worked awesome. No wobble in the center.

[sanddrag]

I'd say ebay is your best bet for old joysticks.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

I'm not sure but this might work

Check here

or here

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

I'm not sure but this might work

Check here

or here

those won't work. Those output rs232 serial, not pure analog like what is required.


What you can do is take the USB joysticks, and rewire them yourselves so they output pure analog (which isn't ver difficult). You just need to wire up a connector for the OI, then the other end hooks up the the pots and switches on the joy stick.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by cromat44

those won't work. Those output rs232 serial, not pure analog like what is required.


What you can do is take the USB joysticks, and rewire them yourselves so they output pure analog (which isn't ver difficult). You just need to wire up a connector for the OI, then the other end hooks up the the pots and switches on the joy stick.

RS-232 is 9- or 25-pin [DB-9 or DB-25]. These are 15-pin [DB-15] analog connectors.



More info on RS-232

More info on Joystick port

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

RS-232 is 9- or 25-pin [DB-9 or DB-25]. These are 15-pin [DB-15] analog connectors.



More info on RS-232

More info on Joystick port

I'm not sure why you quoted me... We agree with each other...

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by cromat44

I'm not sure why you quoted me... We agree with each other...

Actually, you don't.

The links there point to DB15 connections, which are the standard gameport layout. If they were to function as joysticks, there would be NO serial data.

That said, I distinctly remember our joysticks this year having male pins, not the female pins of that adapter. I don't think they would work.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Billfred

Actually, you don't.

The links there point to DB15 connections, which are the standard gameport layout. If they were to function as joysticks, there would be NO serial data.

That said, I distinctly remember our joysticks this year having male pins, not the female pins of that adapter. I don't think they would work.

It looks like you are correct. These Look like they are to hook a Analog joystick (DB-15) into a USB port (USB-A) not a USB joystick into an analog joystick port.

Good catch. Guess I'll have to keep looking