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Hi Larry,

> I bought 5 or so of these for my own upcoming DIY joystick project
> that will be integrated into my modular.  However, they are not
> spring loaded to return to center like Dana wanted.

Yeah, that was the one thing about these joysticks that I really wanted -
return to center.  I bought another really *tiny* joystick from Noble for
just that purpose - cost something like $15, but it was return to center
spring loaded.  A nice thing about it also is that it has a switch built
into it - you press down on it to fire the switch.  But - it's-a-really
tiny, fits easily into the palm of my hand, and its handle is integral and
looks a lot like the handle pictured in the Alltronic illustration.  It
actually will make a nice modulation/trigger control for a keyboard -
ergonomically it could be manipulated pretty well with the fingertips or the
palm of the hand.

> > Scroll down to the 150K joystick (not the 10K).
>
> the 150K is a nice value.  But, no problem working with the 10K
> either.

Yer right.  In my excitement to order the tiny joystick, I forgot to mention
what value I wanted, and they sent a 10K.  It worked OK with Scott's design.
I mainly clung to the 150K because (a) it was the one used in Bernardi's and
Richter's designs (and possibly Grenader's as well) and (B) I'm acquainted
with it, which I can't say for the 10K at Alltronics.

> When I got them from MECI, I order the joysticks and the bat handles.
>  The joysticks came with the handles, so I have 2 handles for each
> stick.

Haw!  When I ordered, I was too dumb to think about handles, and I got them
free as well.  It wasn't until later I learned they also sold them
separately.

> That is the thing about joysticks.  what do you want.  The designs
> can vary so much depending on just waht a person wants.  My schematic
> was to illustrate ho really simple something like what Dana wanted
> actually was.  And, I woudl be happy to fill in compnent values.
> But, that may depend on the joystick pot values.  So, I say find your
> joystick first, then tweak your circuit.  You can pretty much work
> around any joystick pot values.

Very true, indeed!  In fact, there are a number of different ways to
implement just what Scott did with his alone.

I remember this site (I'm sure it's still out there somewhere) where a guy
built this massive controller with lord knows how many of those MECI
joysticks.  It was pretty cool.  Wish I could remember it.

Take care,
Scott