Re[2]: I Robot joystick problems

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From: Jess Askey <jess@askey.org>
To: rasterlist@vectorlist.org
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:42:47 -0700
Subject: Re: RASTER: I Robot joystick problems

>
> buy a can of freeze spray and after it starts acting up, start spraying
> components very carefully (so you only hit one IC at a time), when the
> problem dissapears, viola!
>
> If it is in both axis then it is most likely an IC and not the actual
> hall effect sensors. I woudl guess that you will find the cause to be
> the ADC but that is just a guess, it could be an op-amp IC that is
> common to both X and Y or even a voltage flucuation somewhere. The
> freeze spray will tell for sure tho.
>

while were on this subject, does anybody know any modern replacement for the hall sensors?
are the ones used to detect rotation in floppydrives usable?

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Received on Wed Nov 12 15:26:57 2003