[simpits-tech] Using Pots for position sensing (part 2)

[Roy Coates]

On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Gene Buckle wrote:

> > As you quite rightly said, you need the largest sample you can get. Using
> > the quick'n'dirty bell-crank method of operating the pot, I can only get
> > maybe a 1/3 of the full travel.
>
> Right, but if you calibrate the device at the travel you have available,
> it'll scale that to the 0..1024 range.

Problem here being that the current generation of logitech wingman sticks
have no calibration routine - it's all built in to the hardware.


--

Roy Coates.
Dept of Engineering.
Liverpool University.
E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk
Tel: 0151 794 4862
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------