Hi all, I'm new here and am looking for some much needed advice.
I am currently planning a project in which I want to replace the grip of a Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 Joystick with the grip of an old serial-port CH F-16 combatstick.
The Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 is widely regarded as the best force feedback joystick of all time. However, the grip leaves much to be desired in terms of buttons and hat switches.
Since I play Flight Simulations with some quite advanced aircraft, I need the extra functionality. I have managed to get my hands on a CH F-16 combatstick, that I hope will serve as a great replacement.
It has been suggested to me, that the best and easiest way to get this to work, would be to simply wire the CH grip to a teensy board, which is small enough to find room in the Sidewinder base along with the original circuitry.
Firstly, forgive my ignorance. I'm completely new to this and haven't done any electronics work since high school. My programming knowledge is also very limited. But I am willing to learn what it takes.
The CH Combatstick has 6 buttons, 1 4-Way HAT and 1 8-way POV HAT.
I have read that the Teensy supports 32 buttons and only 1 HAT. The first question is: Can I even get the CH grip to work fully with a Teensy? Can I for instance make the HAT switches just simply work as buttons? I won't be using the axes obviously, since they will be handled by the sidewinder.
Which Teensy board should I use?
How should I wire the buttons to the board?
What do I need to do to get the buttons to register, ie. what do I need to program?
Are there any beginner tutorials that I can read up on to gain the basic knowledge that I need for this?
Or am I out of my depth here?
I really hope you guys can help me out! I'd much appreciate it.
I am currently planning a project in which I want to replace the grip of a Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 Joystick with the grip of an old serial-port CH F-16 combatstick.
The Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 is widely regarded as the best force feedback joystick of all time. However, the grip leaves much to be desired in terms of buttons and hat switches.
Since I play Flight Simulations with some quite advanced aircraft, I need the extra functionality. I have managed to get my hands on a CH F-16 combatstick, that I hope will serve as a great replacement.
It has been suggested to me, that the best and easiest way to get this to work, would be to simply wire the CH grip to a teensy board, which is small enough to find room in the Sidewinder base along with the original circuitry.
Firstly, forgive my ignorance. I'm completely new to this and haven't done any electronics work since high school. My programming knowledge is also very limited. But I am willing to learn what it takes.
The CH Combatstick has 6 buttons, 1 4-Way HAT and 1 8-way POV HAT.
I have read that the Teensy supports 32 buttons and only 1 HAT. The first question is: Can I even get the CH grip to work fully with a Teensy? Can I for instance make the HAT switches just simply work as buttons? I won't be using the axes obviously, since they will be handled by the sidewinder.
Which Teensy board should I use?
How should I wire the buttons to the board?
What do I need to do to get the buttons to register, ie. what do I need to program?
Are there any beginner tutorials that I can read up on to gain the basic knowledge that I need for this?
Or am I out of my depth here?
I really hope you guys can help me out! I'd much appreciate it.