MP3Car.com - View Single Post - Project announcement for mini keyboard and trackball combo

AngryMan · 01-07-2006, 12:18 AM

I suppose I jumped the gun a little on that post. what I should have posted first was the actual photos of the controller itself.
they can of course all be found here
http://www.angrymods.com/carpc/controller2/
now, everyone by now has seen the front of this joystick,

but how many of you have had one part?

this is what it looks like on the "IN-side" - (this is of course, my favorite side...)
you can see this unit is comprised of not one, but actually three seperate circuit boards. the first one really only has the two joysticks on there, (and I will be saving that for later) and the second is the plastation buttons and brains. these boards are completely seperate from the keyboard board, so we just take those right out of there.

this pic shows the cypress cy7c63413 keyboard encoder proccessor, and it shows that barely half of the pins on it are even wired up.

what it Also shows is that the pins are so friggin small, I could just about puke.
heres a better view of what I mean

now THAT is going to be a nightmare to solder into.. *grumble*

anyway, this keyboard controler chip also has a built in mouse controller, so hooking up a ps2 version of the trackball would be a snap, and I could get away with not using a hub. but as I have said before, I like the hub concept, and I could allways use the mouse controller to operate that jog wheel right?

anyway, thats all for now. more on this project as parts come in and progress gets made.

01-07-2006, 12:18 AM	#11
AngryMan Constant Bitrate Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lewiston, Maine Vehicle: 94 vw golf Posts: 114 My Photos: ()	I suppose I jumped the gun a little on that post. what I should have posted first was the actual photos of the controller itself. they can of course all be found here http://www.angrymods.com/carpc/controller2/ now, everyone by now has seen the front of this joystick, but how many of you have had one part? this is what it looks like on the "IN-side" - (this is of course, my favorite side...) you can see this unit is comprised of not one, but actually three seperate circuit boards. the first one really only has the two joysticks on there, (and I will be saving that for later) and the second is the plastation buttons and brains. these boards are completely seperate from the keyboard board, so we just take those right out of there. this pic shows the cypress cy7c63413 keyboard encoder proccessor, and it shows that barely half of the pins on it are even wired up. what it Also shows is that the pins are so friggin small, I could just about puke. heres a better view of what I mean now THAT is going to be a nightmare to solder into.. grumble anyway, this keyboard controler chip also has a built in mouse controller, so hooking up a ps2 version of the trackball would be a snap, and I could get away with not using a hub. but as I have said before, I like the hub concept, and I could allways use the mouse controller to operate that jog wheel right? anyway, thats all for now. more on this project as parts come in and progress gets made.