Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] read it and drool
From: David Olofson (david_AT_gardena.net)
Date: Fri Dec 08 2000 - 03:38:31 EET
On Tuesday 05 December 2000 11:10, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 08:22:29AM +0100, David Olofson wrote:
> > Been thinking about it, but haven't done it yet. Would be
> > interesting to see if it could really work. :-)
> >
> > There are optical high resolution rotary encoders that would be
> > suitable for this. One of those, a counter chip and a few gates
> > on a bidirectional parallel port would probably be the easiest
> > prototype hack. (The counter wrapping at 256 is ok, as you only
> > deal with deltas. Just read frequently enough to get at least two
> > readings per full counter cycle.)
>
> Or you could use a trackball, set to use Xinput, NonCore. Which is
> easier for thoses of us that aren't good with soldering irons ;)
>
> A trackball is not quite hte right interface, but its probably
> close enough.
I don't think, so actually - but at least it's better than "spinning"
those things around with a mouse. OTOH, it's probably not all that
much better than dragging with the mouse... Might be worth a try,
though.
//David
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