Posted by Tiger-Heli on 15, 2001 at 8:32 AM:
This is tough to explain but I figured someone here would know if anyone does!
I know I can connect spinners, steering wheels, and trackballs to USB by gutting a USB mouse.
I also can hack arcade pedals, analog arcade joysticks, and Star Wars Yokes (Jude's Example) to the gameport by connecting the center connector of the POT to Pin 1 of a PC joystick cable and the other connector to Pin 3 for X-Axis and Pin 6 for Y-Axis.
The USB port uses the following Pin-out:
1-USB Power
2-USB Port -
3-USB Port +
4-GND
5-Not Connected.
Now my questions:
Is there any way to connect the POTS from the analog pedals/jokes directly to a USB cable, or do I need to gut a USB joystick and splice into the wires coming off of the pots that it uses?
If I have to use the Joystick circuit board, do you know of a source of cheap USB joysticks which will work well for this purpose?