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I was planning about making my own joystick so I've done some research and found the things that I need but I just need to know what motherboard should I use ?

And what is the best and the cheapest one can I get?

Does the motherboards used called microcontrollers or something else?

Btw: I live in a country where Amazon can't transport the things I need?

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Depends on your skills at electronics I suppose. You can’t go wrong with a Leo Bodnar interface board as they’re easy to use, have 8 axis, and 32 buttons which is about £50. You just have to build your stick and gimbal then you’re good to go. Easy.

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Hey guys im going to tag into this thread rather than start another that is pretty much the same thing.

 

 

I am looking into building my own button box, throttle quadrant. I already have a simple button box that I built using a DSD no matrix controller. which works great for buttons and switches.

 

What I am wanting to build next will have analog axis on it to use for rads, fuel mix, and trims

 

 

my insipiration.

 

 

Screenshot_20171018-031623.png

 

 

 

 

 

I know the bodnar board is capable of 8 axis and is exactly what I want. (8 axis, and several buttons.) and he does have the breakout matrix board available too which would greatly simplify the wiring. but once I do the conversion and include shipping it does get into a fairly pricey range. (close to $60 CAD before shipping)

 

what I am wondering is if any of you have better Google skills than I do and can find a shield/interface board for an arduino or teensy that would do the same thing.

 

Similar to what this guy did but with the extra 2 axis available? (this setup only has 6)

 

interface-ready-to-go-300x186.jpg

 

http://www.simpits.o...?p=392#more-392

 

 

thanks in advance guys.


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The cheapest option is to use Arduino UNO but you have to change firmware for plug and play. It will cost you 4 to 5 USD on aliexpress.

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I was planning about making my own joystick so I've done some research and found the things that I need but I just need to know what motherboard should I use ?

And what is the best and the cheapest one can I get?

Does the motherboards used called microcontrollers or something else?

Btw: I live in a country where Amazon can't transport the things I need?

 

If you're hard pressed for money, just find a cheap USB game controller with enough axes and buttons, and use that as your control board. A gamepad or something like it with dual analog sticks will have 4 axes, and a bunch of buttons.

 

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