Abarbarian
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I was searching for a bootup helper for pc's with no usb boot option in the bios and found PlopKexec.
https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagers.html
Which really has nothing to do with this thread except that on the developers page he has this link,
https://www.plop.at/en/teensy.html
which lead me to this,
https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/projects.html
https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/projects.html
where I finally came across these two neat projects which I thought might be of use to some of the hardened gamers here.
Tattoo Push to Talk Foot Switch
You could use any sort of foot switch for the above. For instance I have in the shed a foot operated light switch and an old sewing machine foot switch which could be used. Or you could use reed switches with a homemade switch as this next project does.
https://www.reddit.com/r/arduino/co..._project_usb_footpedals_for_pc_input/c3xgt3s/
https://imgur.com/a/TTRH9
Some of the projects made with the Teensy are remarkable. I especially like the ones that created special mouse controls for disabled folk.
https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagers.html
Which really has nothing to do with this thread except that on the developers page he has this link,
https://www.plop.at/en/teensy.html
which lead me to this,
https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/projects.html
https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/projects.html
where I finally came across these two neat projects which I thought might be of use to some of the hardened gamers here.
Tattoo Push to Talk Foot Switch
I am an avid gamer and run a Teamspeak VOIP server to chat with my friends while playing World of Warcraft. One of the short falls of using this application is that a push-to-talk switch is required to use it. There is an option to use voice activated mode but that will transmit when ever a loud sound is present in the room, which in my case happens every time my dog squeeks his ball.
You could use any sort of foot switch for the above. For instance I have in the shed a foot operated light switch and an old sewing machine foot switch which could be used. Or you could use reed switches with a homemade switch as this next project does.
https://www.reddit.com/r/arduino/co..._project_usb_footpedals_for_pc_input/c3xgt3s/
https://imgur.com/a/TTRH9
Controller is a teensy 2.0 usb. I didn't want to fuss with switches and mechanical connections, so I used reed switches and magnets. It works perfectly! I currently have it set up to run with Battlefield 3, with the pedals set to sprint, crouch, and prone (shift, ctrl, and z). The teensy is extremely responsive with no perceivable input lag. Here's the code:
Some of the projects made with the Teensy are remarkable. I especially like the ones that created special mouse controls for disabled folk.