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Ron: You may have gotten a bad version of the 0.9b2 file. I uploaded it, found a problem, fixed it, reuploaded it, and it's working now... but Sourceforge does a distributed download system so you may have accidentally gotten the first (wrong) one. Interesting on the 5k; I'm not sure what to think y...

That's terrible news, Ron! Before we give up on yours entirely, Ron, I do want to make really sure it doesn't work. There are two important changes that need to be made to use a 4000FLX, and they are not obvious (I should have mentioned earlier but I was settling the 360 stuff). I've included a "Bas...

(grin) Okay, the deal is: If you're handy with a soldering iron, you can buy one of the bare first-batch boards directly from [url=http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/orbshield-p-280.html]here[/url]; there are 5 left as of this writing. Shipping is from Hong Kong so could take a week or so. You'll then...

Well, one fellow has recieved his shield already and reports that it's working fine, which is good news. Some testing reports: 1) Evidently there is a problem with version 13 of the Arduino software--a minor naming issue. But for now, use version 12 until I fix it (he reported a naming collision wit...

[quote]In the Control Panel applet I didn’t notice any jumping with rotation, smooth as in the game with and without precision mode. I really do like the Orb being referred to Spaceorb/Spaceball in the control panel applet![/quote] Me too! I was leaving it as "UsbJoystick" because it's very possible...

Okay, last two boards are assembled (I put the DIP switch backwards on one, so pins 1 and 2 are labeled wrong, but it still works fine). Probably keeping that one and sending the last good one out to Squid; that leaves 5 more boards at Seeed, plus we can always make another batch with minor revision...

Okay, boards away! (to Ron, Ray, and Jyrki; two more kits left out of this batch). I'm sorta new to this and didn't go to huge lengths to protect the boards, so hopefully they will be OK (if they arrive hopelessly broken, they should be insured, but I think they will be okay). I sent out my board an...

Heh--sorry for not uploading new files, Ron--my sister surprise-arrived in town and I'm a bit busy. But the line should be in there somewhere; I forgot you'd probably just have notepad. If you just search for "precision_gain" it only appears a few places and you should be able to find it pretty quick.

[quote](AB doesn’t work well using mask 0x03 or 0x01 <<1, I just had to push B for precision to work)[/quote] Ah, careless mistake on my part. I know what I did; I'll put up a fix later today hopefully. If you want, you can change it yourself and try it--it's around line 243 in orb_translator.h [cod...

[quote]In function 'void setup()': error: 'class Orb_translator' has no member named 'set_precision_gain[/quote] Hm; check your installation of the new libraries.zip file from above (in your arduino/hardware/libraries directory; should overwrite the old SpaceOrb directory in there). The new orb_tran...

[quote] I do have a question; did you design this Precision Mode to be used with 6 button or chording? In your instructions in sounds like chording but I wanted to ask. [/quote] The button mask is for the physical buttons, but it's independent of chording (ie if you set the precision mask to 0x01 an...

Yet Another Revision to software! Okay, the usual drill, Ron: replace the appropriate things (the "SpaceOrb" directory under hardware/libraries and the sketches). If you have a particular sketch you want to hold on to, keep it, but otherwise just replace with these. Changes: Added precision mode. He...

The (big) good news: It works! From a few weeks ago... [img]http://orbduino.sourceforge.net/images/orbduino.png[/img] ...to now: [img]http://orbduino.sourceforge.net/images/first_orbduino.jpg[/img] I'll put together a tutorial as I solder up the next one and then we can send a couple out. I'll only ...

[quote]Sorry to hear about the resistors Victor, is there anything like a Radio Shack in the UK that you drop by and buy them? [/quote] Yep, one of the same places I ordered from has a branch in town. Their in-store selection is pretty lousy for a lot of things, but they did have the resistors, so I...