New Product - Force Feedback (Haptic) Encoder - Page 4

ik632 · 01-30-2007, 07:37 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by scott_fx

that is very cool. I'm not a big fan of the origina design from the benz but i'm sure that this could be hashed out into a very nice looking knob.

Thanks, those two knobs took about 5 minutes to design so it was a pretty rough concept. The main idea is to get the general proportions right then make it feel appropriate in your hand. The way I design them they could either be machined or injection molded so we have options to evaluate prototype units. I don't have any programming skills, so all I can offer is my mechanical engineering skill and try to help everyone get a knob that they like.

If anyone has any special requests I'd be glad to model it and see how much it would cost to make.

_dopehead_ · 01-31-2007, 09:05 AM

Thats really nice for 5 minutes work :-) Maybe we could do some cheap idrive replicas :-)

scott_fx · 01-31-2007, 12:14 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ik632

Thanks, those two knobs took about 5 minutes to design so it was a pretty rough concept. The main idea is to get the general proportions right then make it feel appropriate in your hand. The way I design them they could either be machined or injection molded so we have options to evaluate prototype units. I don't have any programming skills, so all I can offer is my mechanical engineering skill and try to help everyone get a knob that they like.

If anyone has any special requests I'd be glad to model it and see how much it would cost to make.

can you work with .obj's or maya files? if you can i could maybe help out with the design process.

pwntbypat · 01-31-2007, 12:39 PM

very cool item. I will most likely pick one up once there is software to support it.

ik632 · 01-31-2007, 12:45 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by scott_fx

can you work with .obj's or maya files? if you can i could maybe help out with the design process.

I've sent models to my brother to render in Maya but never tried from Maya to SolidWorks. What software are you using to create the .obj's? I can import directly from Rhino, AutoCAD, IGES, Step, Catia, ProE and a whole bunch more. Whatever you are using probably has an output that's compatible with what I'm using.

ik632 · 01-31-2007, 12:49 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by _dopehead_

Thats really nice for 5 minutes work :-) Maybe we could do some cheap idrive replicas :-)

That's definitely an option. I modeled those knobs from the quick look I had at the line art drawings. I'd be glad to make whatever people want. For my knob, I'd like to have the flutes down the length and have a wider base so I can rest my hand on it but I haven't determined exactly how big I'd like and all that. I'll probably make the one I like the best and have extras made then make whatever the other popular choices are.

turbocad6 · 01-31-2007, 02:06 PM

I know what I ultimately would want mine to look like, the Mercedes is closest, if I get a chance I'll sketch it... what would it cost to make a few knobs or buttons even? just the though of having custom knobs & buttons made from a sketch kinda turns me on

ik632 · 01-31-2007, 07:24 PM

I'm working on a deal with a local machine shop so I can get a basic price for each "style" of knob. That way, I don't have to call them every time we make a minor change to what we think we want. I should have base pricing the first half of next week.

hybrids · 01-31-2007, 09:31 PM

So how hard will it be to write a simple driver for this to send keystrokes based off of movement of the wheel. Already put in my order for one... cant wait to start playing around with it.

sebberry · 01-31-2007, 10:03 PM

I'd love to see how this integrates with MediaEngine..

_dopehead_ · 02-01-2007, 08:07 AM

Any FE that has either SDK/API support or keyboard hotkey support, should in theory be usable, the way to go about this i think would be to create a driver/tools that you can define these "bumps, stops,hills and so on" and then map that to either API functions or keyboard presses, for RR i would love to see something that is aware of the current screen type and then be able to change definitions of the encoder setup on that basis.

_dopehead_ · 02-01-2007, 08:11 AM

Actually i think alot of the basic work is done for integrating this device, as many of the Input devices have projects ongoing to integrate them using HID drivers (which i suspect this device will be seen as by the O/S), one of those is the Spacenavigator from 3dconnexion

GPTech · 02-01-2007, 09:48 PM

Is the hardware still available?

bungee91 · 02-02-2007, 01:56 AM

Yeah original link is dead... I am sure still available, or will be atleast...
But is there a working link for it?

Zip-Lock · 02-02-2007, 08:38 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by bungee91

Yeah original link is dead... I am sure still available, or will be atleast...
But is there a working link for it?

The link should work again, https://store.mp3car.com/ProductDeta...Code=COM%2D045