Re: virtual hand jive

Ballendo,

Is it pressure or travel of the gas pedal? I think of it as commanding
a position of my foot, I don't think it takes any more pressure to hold
it down further. Might be the linkage has changed, TPI sensors, Fuel
injectors, instead of roll up windows! ;>) My car is FLY by wire!

Alan

ballendo@... wrote:

>
> Annie,
>
> Well said!
>
> But the designs thrown out on the list so far are simple encoders. No
> force feedback. And the "big boys" jog handwheel(s) don't have it
> (generally) either. Actually, I've never seen one that did, but I'm
> not going to say never will... :-)
>
> So there does seem to be a belief that rotation will give better
> feedback than pushing buttons. What I've been saying is that I
> believe this is a product of conditioning. True, for those so
> conditioned. But NOT for those who are new to machining. And I
> brought up the "gas pedal" analogy to show that people can use a
> pressure to accel/decel large pieces of iron :-)
>
> Ballendo