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[...] 4 bits are not used. In code, it looks like this So our little shift register has 3 lines that we care about (plus power, but that’s going to be a given); these are the [...]

[...] Anyone who knows me knows I love my driving sims. The one thing I haven’t had, is a clutch pedal. What I do have, however, is an old rock band pedal, and a semi-wonkey Saitek ST290 Pro [...]

[...] that will afford the greatest amount of rotation to the pot, so the closer I can get to that orange bit, the better. I need to remove the hinge pin from the pedal, easily achieved with a punch. I did [...]

[...] to have to drill. This should work out rather well.  Now to remove the pot and slot it for the steel rod. With the steel rod affixed and the pot re-installed, the orange bit actuates the pot quite [...]

[...] .  I’m not using it with a G27 wheel, so it’s possible to do a few things with it. The shift registers inside the stick are configured for 16 buttons; the 4 red, the 4 black in the top [...]

[...] .  This isnt as hard as it sounds. The SNES controller is a very simple device that uses shift registers to get the state of all the buttons from the pad into the SNES using only 3 wires. Heres how [...]

[...] not in hardware, it’s a firmware for which there is no fix). You may notice that the rockband pedal has a layer of plywood on it.  These things tend to crack when you really start to [...]

[...] environment of the sim.  My first thought was ‘Well, at least he will get a general feel for pedal layout and shift points’.  Suprisingly the sims I had chosen (Live for Speed demo and City Car [...]

[...] clutch, controlled by a microcontroller. These pedals are stuck to the mat with high strength double-stick tape.  The good stuff by 3M.  You can see the controller box in the top left. This is the [...]

[...] sims. The one thing I haven’t had, is a clutch pedal. What I do have, however, is an old rock band pedal, and a semi-wonkey Saitek ST290 Pro joystick (The y-axis drifts, and it’s not in hardware, [...]

[...] a friend of mine to drive a manual transmission.  Neither of us actually have a manual transmission vehicle, so I’ve been teaching him in the safe environment of the sim.  My first thought was ‘ [...]

Made this a couple years back.  I’m remaking it soon. [...]

[...] I decided to upgrade my G27 shifter.  I’m not using it with a G27 wheel, so it’s possible to do a few things with it. The shift [...]

[...] that can do all this for you.  Grab it here. Now comes the fun part; making that work as a USB joystick.  I’m using an arduino pro micro.  It has an ATmega 32u4 microcontroller on it that has USB [...]

[...] it here. Now comes the fun part; making that work as a USB joystick.  I’m using an arduino pro micro.  It has an ATmega 32u4 microcontroller on it that has USB functionality.   [...]

[...] .  I’m using an arduino pro micro.  It has an ATmega 32u4 microcontroller on it that has USB functionality.  Unfortunately, the defualt arduino configuration does not allow for joystick type HID [...]