Deltaalphalima1

Glad to know it has finally found a home :thumbup: Have fun and happy :joystick:

44 Pre-Orders in just over 48 hours, you guys never cease to amaze :thumbup: Once again a massive thank you to everyone who has bought one or supported this project in any way. Now I better get to work building the next 50 units :)

Website is back up with Pre-Orders!! I'm saying September for an estimated dispatch date, but hopefully it will be more like late August. I will email you if you place a pre-order with a more accurate date when I know it. :) https://deltasimelectronics.com/products/thumbstick-slew-sensor-adapter Also: I'm having a few issue accepting credit card payments in some regions, if it does not work for you then please try PayPal which should always be working. Hopefully I'll have it fixed soon.

There will be a pre-order system coming very soon :) Just a note to everyone on the pre-orders - It's very hard to give an accurate shipping date in advance. Delays with my suppliers - unexpected issues that need resolving or other factors can all cause unexpected delays. I will try my best to keep everyone updated with an approximate shipping date for their order, but please realise that if I'm replying to emails and messages about when orders will ship then I'm not making and shipping orders. They will ship when they ship. Thanks everyone!

Yes, all sold out already. Sorry you missed out this time! More at arround the same time next weekend :)

Yay!! Glad it got there safe and sound and it’s working well for you. And good job getting it all fitted and working :thumbup: As per a few requests for offering as non-assembled DIY kits - it is a possibility I could do that. You would have to be comfortable soldering down to 0805 passives and SOIC14 and I would not really able to offer any sort or support or warranty on then. They would also not be that much cheaper - but they could be in stock more often :) I have made a quick strawpoll to check some interest, let me know. https://www.strawpoll.me/16250580/r ps. 10 more units in stock on my website and available to buy RIGHT NOW... GO!!

Thank you to everyone who has emailed, messaged or posted here asking to reserve a unit from the next batch, and my apologies if you feel frustrated trying to get one. The next batch will be available to order soon – probably next weekend. For the future I want to try and set up some sort of waiting list - so you can reserve a spot without paying, and then pay when they are available. I'm not really conformable accepting pre-orders in large numbers again. I’m still assembling everything by hand which is the main bottlenecks to getting units made – I’m looking into a better assembly process to try and increase the number I can make, but that also takes time to get right.

Thank you! I'm working on it, along with a few other designs people have requested such as one that’s a bit shorter. They will all be available to buy direct from my Shapeways store at some point.

Number #100 off the production line :thumbup: Thanks to everyone who has bought one or supported this. It’s great to hear your feedback and I am always taking onboard any suggestions for improvements. Here's to the next 100 :beer:

Usual shipping to the USA is around 1-3 weeks. It mostly depends on how fast they get through customs. I have had a few orders that have taken over 3 weeks to arrive, but some have got there in less than 1. Let me know if it doesn’t get to you next week, and I will try and help :)

Sorry about that - it's fixed now for anyone who needs it :) There is also a very limited number in stock that will ship next week, be quick if you want one. More coming in August.

Thanks RogueSqdn, good to hear your happy overall! I have noticed there can be a small "burr" of plastic on the very corner of the front plate that can cause the movement to be a little rough at first- I have found it usually wares in with some use and get smoother. I will keep an eye out in the future to make sure it does not become a bigger issue. If it continues to be a issue I might make a minor design change to add a small chamfer on the plastic parts which should help.

Thanks Ranma, I really appreciate your effort and I’m glad you were able to get it working, well done! :thumbup: Just a quick note, since writing the Instructables page I have noticed that the throttle only actually accepts values from -127 to 127, -128 will overflow the axis and it will go to +127. This should never be an issue unless the absolute maximum value is reached which probably won’t happen in normal use. map(analogRead(pin), 0, 1023, -128, 127) should be - map(analogRead(pin), 0, 1023, -127, 127) Funny story - I only noticed that because the Dutch really like to irradiate everything going into the country with x-rays, there’s a story for a rainy day in that somewhere. You are correct that I barely made anything on the force sensors, at one point I was thinking I might actually lose money -but I just about broke even in the end. :)

Nice! Just wanted to touch on a few points you brought up, in case it can be helpful so someone. Yes the plastic parts were all designed for the Shapeways strong and flexible, and I tweaked the dimensions to get a good fit so I guess the professional plastic has slight different tolerances and shrinkages. I also suspect they might be some sort of reject sensors or something - but the first 20 or so I bought were all in a brand new factory sealed box, so I don't know for sure. Out of 33 units I built, I would say about half were bang on centre, 25% maybe 2-3% off and the rest around 5% off - but that could also be tolerance in the ADC. I calibrated each sensor to the specific adapter board with offsets that are then stored in EEPROM on the chip, and corrected on each reading as you said. I stared out trying to use an ATtiny85, but also ran into issues with the I2C. I thinks it’s related to the throttle implementation not actually being fully correct and missing off stop conditions, so the USI hardware just get confused. I’m using the ATtiny841 now, which has a really unique I2C slave hardware design, as far as I know there are very few other chips that have it, but for me it has always worked really well on multiple projects. The main limitation of this is that the actual throttle implementation is very limited in resolution, update rate and dead zone. It makes using a separate USB device tempting but my aim was to make it as plug and play as possible so the only option was to use the existing throttle hardware. I still think it’s very sufficient for a slew sensor :)

Sorry for the slight delay on the early July batch - I'm about a week behind where I wanted to be on shipping them out due to some unforeseen circumstances Good news is that the majority have now shipped (or will be after today:)) If yours has not yet been shipped then it will be by the end of next week, including all of the batch for mid July. If anyone needs any more info about the status of their order, feel free to contact me directly.

It turned out it was an issue with the calibration; he was able run the calibration program on a different computer, which has solved the problem. I'm not exactly sure why it would not calibrate on a specific computer, but hopefully that tip might help someone else getting it working.

Hi zbmtwo, I have sent you a PM. Hopefully we will be able to get this fixed soon :)

Thanks for that information, Calibration in the windows tool after the Thrustmaster tool should do the basically same thing as resetting to default values - so it's possible that that did help with smoothness of the control. The deadzone from the Thrustmaster tool won't be changed by the windows tool - but I am still not 100% myself if changing the deadzone makes a difference on this sensor. I'm fairly sure it did on the force sensor version but as you say it could be a bit of a placebo. I'm going to look into this possible issue with resolution or “smoothness” a few people seem to be having, but I’m glad to hear you’re happy with it now :) If anyone else is having similar issues with "sticking" or not smooth movement please let me know.

Yes they should have the same resistance in both directions. The shaft goes all the way through the piston, so they have the same effective area on both sides. Having consistent force in both directions is very important on a motorbike. I’m using this adjustable one on mine: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Red-255MM-Universal-Steering-Damper-Stabilizer-For-Honda-Yamaha-Kawasaki-Suzuki-/272765898532?hash=item3f821d4f24 It’s adjustable from very easy to move with a light touch, all the way to barley movable by hand. Still works good after a year of use, but it does sometime feel like to leaks a bit of oil. Depending on how much you’re willing to spend you could go for a used Öhlins or similar, they tend to go for around £100 on eBay

The resolution is 8 bits, but the throttle is also limited to a 10Hz update rate on the slew sensor. That’s something hard coded into the throttle so it can't be improved unfortunately. This is what causes the jumpy looking readings in joytester. I have just run a test and got very similar looking results. The resolution is better than that makes it look. The stopping in game you have said about does not seem normal, please can you try the following and if it still does it send me a PM and I will look into it further. Open "set up USB game controllers" in windows control panel Open the warthog throttle Open the settings tab Click "reset to default" If it’s not ghosted, click apply Click ok Then recalibrate using the Thrustmaster utility, take that process slow and make sure to move to all the edges, and make sure it is well centred when asked.

Yes I have uploaded the STL files here for anyone interested. The slew hat the there too, but note the holes in that need drilling and tapping to the correct size for it to fit, using a 2.2mm drill bit and an M3 tap. (provided as is for reference only, no guarantees they will fit or work for you) https://drive.google.com/open?id=17qAj8wjhKmQAxEYEOHDLPiG5NcjzPXvt I still have some parts left over too, if you can send me a PM I might be able to sort you out with them :)

The listing is still up but I have spoken to the seller and he only has a couple of brand new units left, mostly he only used parts which I am not comfortable selling. The next best option for new units is https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/joystick-switches/0419681/ which is far too expensive. At the moment I have 60 pre-orders of my mini stick version to fulfil, so I need to devote all my time to that. No more force sensors for the foreseeable future unfortunately :( I like this idea. Alot. Watch this space :D

You should receive 2 emails for an order, one when you place the order - "Order {{name}} confirmed", and one when it ships - "A shipment from order {{ name }} is on the way" Order #1021 has definitely shipped. Hopefully it will be with you this week, or early next week. Hope that helps

Thanks for your order :) Yes the ALPS version does have a centre push down button that works with the throttle, just like the original did. The people installing extras are for my other much more expensive (and now all sold out) kits.

Nice work! It really is the perfect size and shape I think, as you say it looks like it's meant to be there. Have fun :joystick: