> The designer of Aztarac must have been in love with encoders.
>The spinner output is quadrature as is the X and Y joystick
>axis. The top of the joystick looks identical to Gorf's but
>the bottom has a two axis gimbal assembly which rotates two
>large (2 1/2" dia.) slotted wheels. The opto-interrupters
>are on two seperate small PCB's. It's the strangest joystick
>I've ever seen.
That's strange...how do you center it? It seems like you'd really have to
depend on never losing an edge or you'd drift over time.
// grigs