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DIY PowerMate Scroll Wheel and Volume Control
Posted by Adam Pash at 9:00 AM on August 23, 2008
DIY web site Instructables steps through how to build your own scroll wheel—like the Griffin PowerMate—with an old mouse, remote control car wheel (or similarly sized wheel that fits your hand), and a fair amount of elbow greese. The guide is detailed and the results, as you can see in the video above, are very impressive. The author even uses previously mentioned Volumouse to take his scroll wheel to the next level of usefulness. If you've got the skills to follow along, this looks like an excellent weekend project.
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Marcus Schappi
Posted August 23, 2008 3:27 PM
You could make one of these pretty easily with an Arduino Diecimila: http://www.littlebirdelectronics.com/collections/frontpage/products/arduino-diecimila
Cheers,
Marcus
Lytspeed
Posted 12:52 PM 23/8/08
Greese?
Grease is the word (is the word is the word ...)
Lytspeed
neal whitehouse piper | whiper
Posted 6:39 PM 23/8/08
Link to powermate [www.griffintechnology.com]
neal whitehouse piper | whiper
redandwhite
Posted 1:11 AM 24/8/08
Excellent! Gonna try this sooner or later...
redandwhite
fredygamer
Posted 2:38 AM 24/8/08
Hey Adam,
Is there a DIY 3D Navigator like this?
I was going to buy one but now I think I can just make one.
Thanks
fredygamer
xrobevansx
Posted 3:56 AM 24/8/08
@fredygamer: I bet you could cannibalize a laptop for that little spongy, pencil-eraser looking thing on some keyboards, plus a scroll wheel and buttons from a regular mouse to make one.
xrobevansx
engstewart
Posted 4:50 AM 24/8/08
Since all of this can be done with Volumouse and any scroll mouse, why clutter up the desktop and use up another port for a useless (albeit fun) toy? I thought LH's mantra was "Geek to Live" instead of "Live to Geek"...
engstewart
Vertigo50
Posted 12:19 PM 24/8/08
Come on, $35 and you don't have a dorky RC car wheel on your desk. I'd just spend the cash.
Vertigo50