DIY Head Tracker For A Tenner
- Thread starter Dead Fred
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Was messing about with the tracker last night, had it rigged up as an inertial 'joystick' controller for pitch, roll and yaw. If the accelerometer output was functioning, you could do the lateral/vertical thrusters too.
Actually worked quite well! Great fun flying about the waste waste cannisters and asteroids with FA off.
Actually worked quite well! Great fun flying about the waste waste cannisters and asteroids with FA off.
Now that would be cool.. look left + thrust left, look down + thrust down etc - good thought..Was messing about with the tracker last night, had it rigged up as an inertial 'joystick' controller for pitch, roll and yaw. If the accelerometer output was functioning, you could do the lateral/vertical thrusters too.
Actually worked quite well! Great fun flying about the waste waste cannisters and asteroids with FA off.
Video instructions for putting it together, for those who have ordered...
http://youtu.be/-tF0Yrim0mo
http://youtu.be/-tF0Yrim0mo
Nice vid!
Yes good video and some great equipment there B.
Well while I'm waiting for PCB to arrive I am also waiting for a breadboard do I need male to male or female to female cables to connect everything or male to female? Jumper cables thanks
With breadboard you just want jumper cables, they are "male" technically I guess... like this :-
http://www.bitsbox.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=225_233&products_id=1746
http://www.bitsbox.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=225_233&products_id=1746
Board delivered today
Thanks (Dan) for the prompt service.
Now do I rush and assemble it at home with my old antique iron or wait until Monday and do it at work ?
Thanks (Dan) for the prompt service.
Now do I rush and assemble it at home with my old antique iron or wait until Monday and do it at work ?
thanks brumster its so i can have a play about with the kit before soldering to the PCB. Please tell me where to send money for the PCB im staring at a £5 note waiting to be electronically sent!!
What's the PayPal email address for him?
Stachel
Banned
I emailed him a few minutes ago to ask lol. He sent me an email saying it was working now .. but not what it was.
I emailed him a few minutes ago to ask lol. He sent me an email saying it was working now .. but not what it was.
There's a clue in the question...
Maybe for Gavin BUT I haven't emailed him because I don't know what it is!!
Stachel
Banned
Ahh well there's no post till Monday.
I think its the one he's been using for emails and I'm sure he'll be along soonish to confirm.
I am using the Alpha 1.1 combat test. I have configured UJR to copy everything from my main flight stick, then added the Head Tracker as slider 0 and slider 1. This all works, when using "set up USB game controllers" if I pick the vJoy device, all the axes are fine.
However, I pull up the in game config, try to configure head look, and it comes up as Joy X axis rather than slider 0
How can I get ED to use the vJoy stick rather than the original devices.
Also, how can I find the original stick ID for a joystick? Should I be creating vJoy devices with a particular stick id?
However, I pull up the in game config, try to configure head look, and it comes up as Joy X axis rather than slider 0
How can I get ED to use the vJoy stick rather than the original devices.
Also, how can I find the original stick ID for a joystick? Should I be creating vJoy devices with a particular stick id?