Gene Heskett wrote: >[snip] > > >>If you rich and have three wheels, you can hook one to each axis >>permanently. >> >> > >Yeah, rich we aren't. There is another product, whose link escapes me >ATM, with similar definition, but it can be had for as little as $29 & >ship, and has a USB output. No idea how to drag that in and hook it up >to hal, but at that price it might be worth a look. Internally it is a >quadrature system from the clues given. A solid looking milled alu knob >of about 2" diameter, it seems like it would be suitable. I thought I had >it bookmarked but cannot find it now. Me, goes off muttering about the >old mans stupidity for not bookmarking it. I recall I found it with a >google search though, and its available from several dealers who do >business on the net at prices ranging up to $59.95 US. It didn't have >the spinner, but that's fixable. After all, that is what we do isn't it? > > You're probably thinking of the Griffin PowerMate: <http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/> It used to be available in black as well, but it looks like it isn't any more.
Although it's probably a quadrature encoder inside, I think it's only 32 counts per rev (at 4x). I believe that X (Linux) gets events like a keyboard, so it may work with the input driver, possibly after some modifications. It has 5 basic operations: rotation CW or CCW, button press (and release of course), and rotation CW/CCW while the button is pressed. It's not RT in any case, so it could be used with halui or a GUI, but not as a jogwheel as Andy was wanting. See you - Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
