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Initial test looks good so far

Posted 02-22-2008 at 08:07 PM by cdog4w
I haven't set up the board that will run the whole thing, but using a test board I have for another project that had a serial chip on it let me test the basics. I hooked a potentiometer up to it and was able to have the pic send its position to the pc and the PPJoy software did a great job passing that on to the game. Since it was just one pot, I used the keyboard to do throttle and used the dangling pot to steer, pretty interesting.

I think my initial prototype will be an external...
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Nothing like a contest to inspire activity!

Posted 02-22-2008 at 03:48 PM by cdog4w
This is my first attempt at a public blog, hope you enjoy it! I will post some info about myself a bit later, but first I want to cover a project I'm really excited about.

After getting 3D RC Racing to work on my machine (was a rogue USB device acting like an input device for DirectX's directinput) I wanted to embark upon a RC style controller project so the game could be played as intended. I could easily buy one but this way I save some money and get to continue my learning....
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