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[rickh]

 

Hey Enthusiast!
I just discovered your project! Great stuff!!
I have a few questions:

- My plunger has some physical restrictions for how far it can be pulled. That means, it does not go all the way out. How does calibration work in this case. Since you don't have a UI like Pinscape - can this be done in Windows? By calibrating the analog joystick input in game controller config (or whatever it's called)?

- Mounting the board level inside the cab is not easy to do (at least not perfectly) since the cab has an inclination. Do you compensate for the inclination of the accelerometer? Or does it tolerate a moderate inclination out of the box?

- What are your plans for DOF / Ledwiz / output support? I'm really curious about this! At least, switching some LEDs for illuminated buttons would be a great addition! That means DOF / Ledwiz integration (and driving a TLC5940)? Or do you have an alternative in mind?

- High power outputs are a different thing. Not sure if this is the next goal.

- What are your future plans in general?

 

The circuitpython code I wrote uses a configuration script that allows the user to adjust, deadband, gain, and offset.  It is not automatic or elegant like Pinscape.   I never got around to improving it, as I hate coding.  However, I recently got a port of Pinscape for the Pico from MJR as a pre-release.  I have not had time to test it yet, but it does have support for DOF.   BTW- I have another Bang! Plus board that has outputs too and it is also open source.  You can find it on my Github page.   https://github.com/r...Bang-Board-Plus

 

Regards,

 

Rick 

[Kemoauc]

Hi Rick,
thanks a lot for your answer. I had a quick look into Bang! Plus and also saw that coincidentally MJR made the Pinscape Pico project public today.
 

Kind regards

Jürgen

[rickh]

Hi Rick,
thanks a lot for your answer. I had a quick look into Bang! Plus and also saw that coincidentally MJR made the Pinscape Pico project public today.
 

Kind regards

Jürgen

Jurgen,

 

MJR has been very busy with a bunch of new designed PCBAs and new Pinscape software for Pico.  We live in exciting times! Going forward, I am now rightfully focusing my resources on hardware only.  

 

Cheers!

 

Rick