Joystic for robot

[chefach]

Hey
I having a troble.

I am in school and I have a gameport connection on the board for joystic.
and we want to buy new joystic, and the new one are with usb connection.
Dose anyone know how to solve this problem?

Thanks
Dor

 

[bloody-orc]

hw does this have anything to do with robotics.

anwhoo just pluug the new joystick into the USB hole and anjoy. if your cooomputer has no USB then buy joysticks what have gameport suport. buying a converter (if there even is one) will be the same cost.

 

[chefach]

I am connecting it to a board not to a computer.

thanks

 

[Roboticinfo]

Are you in high school?

 

[chefach]

yes I am
last year in school

 

[Roboticinfo]

What exactly is the intention for the project and why are you going to use USB?

 

[chefach]

amm usb because all the joystics here are usb and the serial's ones are expensive.
We are participanting the FIRST competition.
and in most of the competition the robot will be controlled by human (with joystics)

so do you have solution??

Thanks
Dor

 

[Someone Electro]

USB us very very very complicated.Try to get an analog joystick.Whith that you just reed the ADC.

 

[bloody-orc]

or if it costs to much, build your own joystick using pot's

 

[chefach]

amm ok thank you very much

Dor