Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Linux USB

Jon,

I was talking about a joystick with switches as opposed to pots.
Simply connected to the keyboard circuit board matrix. Move
right and it will emulate the right arrow key.

Bill

> > > one, the other keyboard will be used as is. I'm going to use a

Joystick

> > > for the X and Y axis'. They have joysticks that have switches instead

of

> > > pots so it should be simple enough.
> >
> > Pardon my ignorance with things circuited, but if your thinking of
> > using the joystick to control the table for positioning the table
> > like jog buttons, I think this is a great idea.
>
> The problem with the standard PC joysticks is that they are a HIDEOUS
> way of doing it, and the center (zero) point drifts all over the place, as
> well as having erratic full-scale pulses due to 'noisy' pots. A decent
> 8-bit ADC, even, would be a huge improvement. I want to do a pendant
> interface after I get all the important, basic stuff going on my parallel
> port axis control set.
>
> Jon
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