This is my joystick: http://www.trust.com/products/frame-product.htm?artnr=09705 I would like to mod it a bit. Is there 5V going out of the gameport as well? How many mA, and how many mA does the stick require? I am thinking of adding some LEDs to the rudder and throttle, so the writing where it says "rudder" and "throttle" lights up, like on eg. the speedometer on a car. I was also wondering if it is possible to add more buttons to the stick. I'm not sure as to excactly what is inside there, because I didn't bother to take the whole thing apart (just opened it and peeped in). I just know there are some pots and switches. Is there any way for me to add buttons to it, or is the whole thing controlled by ICs, which makes it alot harder?
You should be able to find some docs and stuff with Google and probably look up the datasheet for the IC's that are in the unit and figure out how to interact with it. If you can get me the numbers off the chips I can try to help you out a bit. I was thinking about doing something similiar to my gravis. I would vote to leave the topic here. He is not talking about electronic cicuits in general he is talking about how to MOD his Joystick specifically.
I have opened the whole thing now, only to discover that it contains no ICs . The Thunder Wheel 3D is not a very advanced joystick. It has only four buttons, rudder and a throttle. The circuit board is quite free, though. It has many holes where components can be put, including a place to put an IC. 6 or 8 pins I think. But if I were to install more buttons in the controller, I'm not sure if I could use them, because when I select my joystick in windows, it doesn't have any sticks with more than 4 buttons, and when I select custom, it will only let me have up to 4 buttons... There were also three places to put diodes. Do you think I could fit some LEDs there? Maybe they'll light up or something when I move the stick... Or maybe I'll fry something . As I asked before: does the game port also deliver 5V 500mA? And how many mA does the stick use, normally? While I had the whole thing open, I fixed something that had been bugging me for years - the stick had kind of a notch when it was almost in the middle, but all I had to do was to take my dremel and make a little track slightly wider. But now it is a bit hard to center. The joystick is centered by a thick rubber band, but this rubber band doesn't hold it in the center position, because it doesn't go that far, so in the center position you can move the stick a little around. That was a terrible explanation... Give me some respose, people.
