Simple joystick interfacing

[Magic Man 2]

I'm looking at a way of connecting up a Suncom Talon and throttle combination to a home pit via USB.Was/am looking at the Plasma2 board from Beta Innovations which would be more than capable and it's relatively cheap but also thinking of an even simpler home made solution.The set would need to be recognised as two device even on the Plasma2 board but I could go the home made wayI just got a Playstation gamepad to USB connector and have two Playstation gamepads connected to it for non flight sim activity ;).Anyhow, under gameing devices these show up as two devices, each with four axis and sixteen buttons. Now the adaptor was only

[PeterR 9]

Give it a try and see if you like it. Some converters can be jittery or have low resolution. Best thing to do it try it and then you'll know if it's good for your purpose.Let us know how it works out.Peter http://bfu.avsim.net/sigpics/PeterR.gifBFU Forums ModeratorRenegade/Seawolf Design Group (RSDG)[table border=2" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1][tr][td][table border=0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0][tr][td bgcolor=#6f0000]http://bfu.avsim.net/sigpics/logo75t.gif[/td][td align=center" bgcolor="#FFFFF6]Bush Flying Unlimited"At home in the wild"Looking for adventure? Come join us! * [link:bfu.avsim.net|Web Site] * [link:www.cafepress.com/bfu,bfu2,bfu3,bfu4|BFU Store] * [link:bfu.avsim.net/index_NewRecruits.html]Join!][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table