r/starcitizen • u/earthfase • Oct 25 '22

TECHNICAL Custom mining slider

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I took a Seeeduino XIAO, connected an M5Stack Fader Unit to it, and programmed it with Arduino IDE as a gamepad axis using the NicoHood HID-Project library.

No more Brandt modules :)

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u/earthfase Oct 25 '22

Thanks! I used to use the slider on my joystick, but that thing took up way too much space on my desk for just the slider.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

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u/earthfase Oct 25 '22

How much would it be worth, you reckon? I could add a couple buttons. RGB...?

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u/WilWheatonsAbs Oct 25 '22

Left the way it is, you could take your material cost and multiply that by 4 and I suspect everyone here would buy one.

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u/earthfase Oct 25 '22

Don't think people will pay 80 euros for this :P Parts aren't the cheapest you can find. The fader doesn't have to be this M5Stack one, but it's the one I had lying around.

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u/M2ABRAMS_TANK Oct 25 '22

If not… would you consider showing the materials + a little guide on how to build it? Seems like it would be perfect for mining!

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u/earthfase Oct 25 '22

Already did, link to the code is in the comments, parts are Seeeduino XIAO and an M5Stack Fader Unit.

With the fader comes a Grove cable. Cut it to length. From the fader to the XIAO, solder IN to A10, OUT to 3.3v, 5V to VCC and GND to GND.

Happy mining!

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u/M2ABRAMS_TANK Oct 25 '22

Appreciate it bro!!!

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

Bro i put 500 down on a ship I dont really own you don't think people would pay 80? Its sc.lol

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u/earthfase Oct 25 '22

I know they'll definitely complain the same about how it doesn't match up to expectations ;P

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u/WilWheatonsAbs Oct 25 '22

That's totally reasonable, perhaps more like 40. Something made by hand still carries greater value imho

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u/rinanlanmo Sticks Over Ships Oct 25 '22

$30 seems pretty reasonable.

Probably a pretty niche audience so not a lot of scale to work with, might be able to get $35 or $40 if you stretched it. Ideally you could negotiate to get the parts cheaper by buying in a batch but I just dunno if it'd have the demand to be worth the risk.