[sdiy] Mod wheel

[Jaco Sloof]

How about the playstation Analog Joysticks?

Then you've got two of them!

actually, it wouldnt be so hard (for you guys ofcourse)
to fix up an interface that allows usage of the joystick
as a whole (including buttons and all)

just rambling...

Greets, Jaco Sloof

--- Gene Stopp <gene at ixiacom.com> wrote:
> Things that can be cannibalized to provide return-to-center potentiometers:
> 
> * Cheap radio control transmitters for cars (steering wheel thing)
> 
> * Old pool motor timers (steal the mechanical bits and add a pot)
> 
> * Scrapped OB-X's and DX-7's (but we already knew that one)
> 
> Take a look at the insides of any of the above and you can see how they do
> it. One thing I like to do is take possession of reel-to-reel tape decks
> that are hopeless (i.e. heads too worn, bent/broken turntables, etc.) and
> scavenge them for springs and linkage bits. I've built a few spring-loaded
> pots this way.
> 
> - Gene
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Parkhurst [mailto:tparkhurst at siliconbandwidth.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 2:04 PM
> To: 'ethan tripp'; SDIY
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Mod wheel
> 
> 
> Hey Ethan,
> 
> From what I've seen, the potentiometer itself is not spring loaded. The
> wheel has springs that mount between the body of the wheel and part of the
> chassis to pull the wheel back to center. I'm assuming you're actually
> talking about a pitch bend wheel rather than a mod wheel. I have seen
> joysticks that have springs built in to return to center, but again, those
> springs are in the body of the stick rather than in the pot itself. 
> 
> Also, the usual trick to get a small center 'dead band' in the pitch bend
> pot is to put a couple of diodes in series with the pot. The 0.6V drop
> across the diode means that the voltage coming off the pot doesn't change
> until it swings higher than 0.6V or lower than -0.6V.
> 
> 
> Tim Servo
> 
> "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ethan tripp [mailto:ethan at monsoonmicro.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 12:55 PM
> > To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> > Subject: [sdiy] Mod wheel
> > 
> > does anyone know where i could get a mod wheel potentiometer.
> > the spring loaded type that rest at center (true pitch) and swing up
> > and down?
> > 
> > -et-
> 
> 
> 
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