control arduino using joystick

after about a month of have my arduino I got bored so I was surfing the web and found this cool way of controlling arduino


if you do any thing illegal i am not held responsable

Step 1: Things needed

1.arduino (duh)
2. computer (if u are reading this you have one unless it is not yours ^_)
3.usb ports(most computers have these)
4.time(took me 5 hours to figure it out & to cofigure to my servo)
5.servo
6.JOYSTIK

Comments

[Great Wight Ninja]

This would be a simple edit, but you might want to add a joystick as another "duh" thing you need.

[everywhere]

your right. totally skipped my mind

[axeman911]

how do u upload the programs to the arduino if your using python?

[everywhere]

the arduino ide. python just sends commands over serial com

[lane29]

nice background

[everywhere]

LOL. thanks

[geeklord]

That's funny, I just finished up a project almost exactly like this. I attached a joystick to an Arduino to a Servo motor! The only difference is that I dirrectly connected to the potentiometers in the joystick, I didn't use any programs or serial communication. Yours is great! I should post an 'ible for mine.

[eliastorre]

Hi there!

Hey please post an instructable for that!!! That would be interesting. And to the author, very cool instructable.

[geeklord]

Yea, that was a while ago... It's reeeaaallly simple, though. The potentiometers were very easy to access  once you got the plastic case off. Then I just used a couple analogRead's and the Servo library.

[everywhere]

thanks

[everywhere]

cool. but i use multiple joysticks for reason i dont quite konw

[geeklord]

o.....k.......

[ReCreate]

How could this get illegal?

[everywhere]

if you use it to throw ninja star to kill someone

[ReCreate]

Its like if you show someone to use a computer, and then they download warez, And then they sue you when the RIAA hits them, And then you say i am not held Liable blah blah blah...Nevermind >_<