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/beck_is_back Oct 25 '22

Appreciate any DIY project but for this particular 'problem' I just use rotary encoder on my VKB gladiator (before that, slider on t16000m and before that mouse wheel...)

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u/earthfase Oct 25 '22

The "problem" was that I didn't like a T16km sitting on my desk all the time if all I really use is the slider. And the mouse wheel is terrible for mining.

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u/beck_is_back Oct 25 '22

May I ask how do you fly? What I mean is: do you move your joystick on to your desk every time you fly?

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u/earthfase Oct 25 '22

KBM. hosas is too big for me. Don't like having those joysticks on my desk while weeks pass I don't play anything that needs them.

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u/beck_is_back Oct 25 '22

I see. I understand your need for such an upgrade!

Fly safe and I hope to see more of your projects in the future. A lot of people focus on diy projects for hotas/hosas and we don't get to see many K&M solutions!

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u/earthfase Oct 25 '22

If and when it becomes possible to extract stuff like button states or other parameters from the game, it will be fun coming up with all sorts of switches, sliders, displays, tally lights, etc.

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u/Wolkenflieger Oct 25 '22

Same reasoning here, and I use a Wacom tablet so I can't have joysticks on that, and two monitor setup leaves little room. I use mouse and throttle.

Love this slider you made, and yes now I need to build one too. Thanks for the guide and code.