Quote: Originally Posted by mgithens
this is a GREAT idea, I think that the rotating joystick is a good idea, but I am not seeing how this is any different than the Griffin Powermate...?? I've got one, I just am holding off on installing it until I get my other projects finished... the powermate does quite a few functions, rotate, click, double click, long click, click+rotate - those are all user assignable functions - their app is clean and is already written... emulates keyboard strokes or macros, etc...
will your "stick" also incorporate the left, right, up, down controls that the idrive offers??
PS - I love your work, keep it up - I'm not criticizing, I'm just trying to clarify...
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I'm not sure what you mean by left,right,up,down, but it does all that's necesary for me. I could've added more buttons, but I wanted to keep it as simple as possible.
I only posted this, to give a basic ideea how to make such a thing. Ofcourse this can be done as you said with the Powermate, but these are all parts I already had, and it didn't cost me a dime...
From what you said, my stick does everthing a Powermate does, only 60E cheaper. I'm not especially concerned about money, I just like doing things myself.
I called it iDrive, first of all to be as expressive as it could, and second becose the armrest's edsign is closer to 2000's BMWs armrests.