From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
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Subject: Re: analog joystick (allegro)
Date: 26 May 1997 14:11:10 GMT
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Christoph Kukulies (kuku AT gilberto DOT physik DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE) writes:
> Anyone having experience with analog joysticks? I bought a 
> Logitech Wingman Extreme and when using the allegro
> poll_joystick() function - I think it's a general problem with 
> the analog port (a/d) - I find that it is extremely noisy.
> 
> Coordinates jump randomly in a +20/-20 units range of the
> total +255 - 256 full scale range.
> 
> Can one do anything about it in hardware? Like shielding ?
> I might filter this out by masking off the four least significant
> bits of the coordinate values but I'd hate to do this.

You did center and calibrate it in your startup code right?

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