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

[Gene Buckle]

On Fri, 5 Dec 2008, Roy Coates wrote:

> 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.

So override the built-in calibration by doing it via the Control Panel 
(Control Panel->Game Controllers)

g.

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