Scrolling Wheel With Steering Wheel.

by kondzio29 in Circuits > Gadgets

8508 Views, 16 Favorites, 0 Comments

Scrolling Wheel With Steering Wheel.

S5000081.JPG

So... Hi! welcome in my next instructable.I make a scrolling wheel with steering wheel for games, and I decided to share this with you. This informations are not accurate, but you can easily make your own controller.

Parts!

Fotka0540.jpg
Fotka0538.jpg

I use cardboard for box/ case ald optical mouse and parts from:
-Lego(steering wheel)
-HDD(scroll wheel)
this is actually prototype. Cardboard is enaugh strong for this project and it isn't too heavy.

Tracking Wheel

Fotka0542.jpg
Fotka0543.jpg
Fotka0544.jpg
Fotka0545.jpg

Tracking wheel is main part of steering wheel consists of:
Tracking plate
and casing
When I turn my wheel right the cursor will go to the right side of screen(to use it like controller for games I use a program)

Optical Senor.

S5000059.JPG
S5000060.JPG
I had toextend thewiresfrom the scrolling wheel and glue the lens to PCB.

Put Everything Together!

S5000066.JPG
S5000065.JPG
S5000069.JPG
S5000067.JPG
I must make box a little bigger  because tracking wheel is bigger than I think.
I glued the optical sensor to tracking wheel and the scroll sensor to the casing.

A Little Big Problem.

S5000070.JPG
S5000062.JPG
S5000063.JPG
WhenI putit all togetherandconnectit to computer, I noticedthatthe optical sensoris placednot goodsowhenI turn the wheel rightcursor is going left awwww...I need tomake bigger casing!
I turned180 degreesPCB and every thing it's all right.

ThE End!

S5000081.JPG
My project is finished! I can use scroll wheel to:
-resizing the active window
-Transparencychanges
-volume changes
-scroll the pages
-zoom the map in Google Maps
And the steering wheel I use To:
-playing race games

The Applications I Use.

1.jpg
2.jpg
3.jpg
I use two applications:
Volumouse (with Window resize plugin)
PPjoy (probably with PPjoymouse inside)
PPjoymouse(I cannot find a download link)

You can find how to use a volumouse there: in whatsisface instructable
And I try to show you how to use a PPjoy and PPmouse:
1. Download and install application
2. Open a "Configure Joysticks"(picture 1 and 2)
3. Add a new Joystick by clicking "Add" and set Parallel port to "Virtual joystick" in new window(pic 2)
3. Click "Add" and "Done"
4. Now open a PPjoymouse and go playing!

Thanks for wathing!
visit my website: www.tworzeteam.tk
 don't forget to rate!

(5. you can  go to control panel and calibrate your joystick)