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August_1997
Re: Axtarac spiner / joystick


From: The Grigsbeast ( )
Date: Thu Aug 07 1997 - 23:00:07 CDT


> 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


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