Introduction: Thrustmaster Warthog Joystick Addon
hello
please be gentle on me.. this is my first instructable.
i needed a few more buttons and axes on my "warthog" joystick, for playing elite dangerous. it is no fun swapping between joystick and keyboard with a "rift" on your head... that is how this idea came to life.
Step 1: Materials and Design
i used 3mm MDF
M5 bolts, washers and spring washers
M3 bolts, washers and spring washers
hotmelt gun
arduino joysticks
various buttons
ardiuno micro was my first controller but i broke it and i swapped to
BU0836A (www.leobodnar.com) so much easier and it is in 12bit
a few cables and bits and pieces
the design was made on the fly, just sort of sketched it and started chopping with my jigsaw.
Step 2: Internal Layout
the two little joysticks needed to be a bit of rounding on the side that is facing towards the inside, because they would have scratched my thumb. and the angles of the joysticks is so strange because i followed the arc of my thumb. the top one works out in a way that if i push "up" with my thumb, my thumb actually moves sort of in a north-west direction. and on the bottom one it is in the direction of west-north-west. i hope that makes sense.
Step 3: Mount on Warthog
to make the mount for it, i just copied the holes from the warthog cover plate and installed m3 bolts. i am not sure if m3 bolts are right but they do fit.
Step 4: Buttons
the buttons i ordered from banggood , nothing special.
i cant give any more advise on the placement on the buttons, i just placed them where it was best for me. i did try to follow the arc of my thumb.
Step 5: Finial Thoughts
this is sort of version 2 already!
if i had a laser cutter i would have made it a bit more professional.
i hope the picture are explaining the things i missed.