[Robotgroup] Tomorow's Meeting! :)

[Andre Lamothe]

Well, this is for a real product, so you need to use devices that are 
commonly used for input such as the CX40 atari joystick. But, yes, the 
bottom line is the AVR takes the joystick inputs (or whatever) and then uses 
those to control the paddle interface which from the outside world is just a 
pot and a single digital line. The trick is to add some "english" to the 
driver for acceleration and different effects, so as you move the joystick 
right/left instead of just linearly moving the paddle virtually, it does it 
with acceleration curves for accel and decel to give it a better "feel" for 
some games.

Andre'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Nunez" <david at davidnunez.com>
To: "The Robot Group Mailing List" <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Tomorow's Meeting! :)


Andre - could you use the conversion electronics you've designed to
build a paddle-clone?  I mean, what's in a paddle?  A potentiometer
and a button?  Does it have mouse-like rollers or optoelectronics?

What about converting a VR glove?  Bending your finger back and forth
to make the little bar slide for Breakout!

I do have very fond tactile memories of the way a paddle feels in
your hand... the size... the slightly gritty turning action...sigh.


On Nov 28, 2007, at 6:57 PM, Andre Lamothe wrote:

> Argghh! I have a meeting tommorow at 7:00pm. I wanted to show off a
> little
> project I have been tinkering with that converts Atari 2600 joystick
> movements into Atari 2600 Paddle movements by means of an AVR
> controller and
> I2C digital pots, pretty cool. Apparantely in "Atari retro" world
> there is a
> huge shortage of paddles these days, so hopefully this will allow
> people to
> keep playing paddle games.
>
> Maybe next week.
>
> Also, Vern saw your article in N&V, congratulations.
>
> Andre'
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vern Graner" <vern at txis.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 6:50 PM
> Subject: [Robotgroup] Tomorow's Meeting! :)
>
>
> Ok, if you have a Show and Tell, or announcement etc, please let me
> know
> so I can add it to the Agenda for tomorrow! :)
>
> Also, check out this neat event I saw posted on craigslist!
>
> http://austin.craigslist.org/grp/492630839.html
>
> :)
>
> Vern
>
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