Interface
A Foot Interface
by Jon on Feb.16, 2009, under Interface, Technology
So here’s what I got:
The whole thing plugs in via USB and acts like a regular joystick – the four pedals are four different axises on the controller.
And the whole thing is pegged onto a circutboard from a regular controller.
Edit: FYI, the foot pedals I found at a thrift store. After tearing away the unwanted/unneeded parts, they were screwed to a piece ‘o wood. Some buttons were purchased and, after making the appropriate holes, they were also attached.
The use of an existing controller had some disadvantages: the board I used has a hardware dead zone that makes no sense with pedals and makes them pretty much unusable.
A Work in Progress
by Jon on Feb.11, 2009, under Interface
2 Comments :lookwhatibuilt, testing, wip more...Too many screens
by Jon on Jan.24, 2009, under Interface, Technology
This isn’t exactly brand new, but hey, I thought I’d throw it up anyway.
I guess I have an obsession for many motitors and screen space.
What you see:
- Left 2 monitors: laptop and its second head.
- Topmost monitor (on the shelf): tablet laptop.
- Main 4 monitors: 22″ widescreens. Two are connected to a GeForce 8800 GTX (lower) and two are connected to a GeForce 9800 GT. The combined resolution of just these four monitors alone is over 7 million pixels.
- Mouse: Logitech G5: one of the best mouses out there.
- Linksys router: Running DD-WRT this acts as a wireless network bridge to the network upstairs, where the modem is.
- Keyboard/nanoKontrol/nanoPad – Some misc. MIDI devices for a sound project I’ve been working on.
Using Synergy I can control all three computers with one mouse/keyboard.