I have a home made arcade joystick, and I was wondering if it would be possible to "remote control" it using a computer with a parallel port.
The buttons on the joystick are basically microswitches that close the circuit when I press a button. Would it be possible to replace a microswitch with a hypothetical switch that can open/close based on externally applied voltage instead of physical force?
Could I program/control such as switch from my computer using the voltage outputs from parallel port?
(If anyone wonders why I want to do this, it's mostly something I've wondered if could be done, but it could also use it to measure the input latency, and maybe even make a new joystick with macros in the future.)
EDIT: Looks like there are kits using solid state relays for exactly this purpose: **broken link removed**.
The buttons on the joystick are basically microswitches that close the circuit when I press a button. Would it be possible to replace a microswitch with a hypothetical switch that can open/close based on externally applied voltage instead of physical force?
Could I program/control such as switch from my computer using the voltage outputs from parallel port?
(If anyone wonders why I want to do this, it's mostly something I've wondered if could be done, but it could also use it to measure the input latency, and maybe even make a new joystick with macros in the future.)
EDIT: Looks like there are kits using solid state relays for exactly this purpose: **broken link removed**.
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