PC game controller

Dan2 · 6th March 2008, 02:09 PM

hey - my bro bought one of those "not so good" PC steering wheel game controller. he has had it for about 6 months and now the wheel is not tracking properly (warranty just expired - go figure!!)

my guess is that there is a pot hooked up to the wheel - so as you turn it the resistance increases or decreases and the software takes care of the rest. If this is the case, would i be able to get another pot and stick it in and have no more problems?

Nordic · 7th March 2008, 07:21 AM

Yes Dan, you can replace the pot....

There was a time I was still into the steering wheel raceing games, which has a forum almost as big as DIYA, much information available to walk you through...

Dan2 · 10th March 2008, 07:36 AM

ok thanks Nordic

Dan2 · 11th March 2008, 07:24 AM

well in case any1 is interested....

i opened the controller up and the pot was hooked straight up to the steering wheel - it was a piece of you know what! and tiny too.

got a nice new linear pot (a big one), built up a new bracket, soldered it up and it works perfect.

Dan2 · 31st March 2008, 11:59 AM

well - good news is the control is still working great.

bad news is that it has quite i big dead zone which cannot be changed, so i want to maybe try and change the output of the pot from linear to a bit of an "s" curve. i have done this before with a lighting desk i built (the 1 on elliott sound projects webpage) by adding 2 resistors with the pot - only that "s" curve is opposite to what i want.

so can i do the same type of thing with this pot or not really??? also the resistance has to be the same - 20k

Dan2 · 3rd April 2008, 08:21 PM

Anyone??

6th March 2008, 02:09 PM	#1
Dan2 diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2005	PC game controller hey - my bro bought one of those "not so good" PC steering wheel game controller. he has had it for about 6 months and now the wheel is not tracking properly (warranty just expired - go figure!!) my guess is that there is a pot hooked up to the wheel - so as you turn it the resistance increases or decreases and the software takes care of the rest. If this is the case, would i be able to get another pot and stick it in and have no more problems?

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7th March 2008, 07:21 AM	#2
Nordic diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2005	Yes Dan, you can replace the pot.... There was a time I was still into the steering wheel raceing games, which has a forum almost as big as DIYA, much information available to walk you through...

10th March 2008, 07:36 AM	#3
Dan2 diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2005	ok thanks Nordic

11th March 2008, 07:24 AM	#4
Dan2 diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2005	well in case any1 is interested.... i opened the controller up and the pot was hooked straight up to the steering wheel - it was a piece of you know what! and tiny too. got a nice new linear pot (a big one), built up a new bracket, soldered it up and it works perfect.

31st March 2008, 11:59 AM	#5
Dan2 diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2005	well - good news is the control is still working great. bad news is that it has quite i big dead zone which cannot be changed, so i want to maybe try and change the output of the pot from linear to a bit of an "s" curve. i have done this before with a lighting desk i built (the 1 on elliott sound projects webpage) by adding 2 resistors with the pot - only that "s" curve is opposite to what i want. so can i do the same type of thing with this pot or not really??? also the resistance has to be the same - 20k

3rd April 2008, 08:21 PM	#6
Dan2 diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2005	Anyone??

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