# What would YOU do with that? (Uses for odd components) **URL:** \ **Category:** DIY STUFF\ **Created:** [October 25, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064 "2020-10-25T13:53:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![zorch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/zorch/32/5586_2.png) [@zorch](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/zorch)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/41 "2021-08-12T11:39:23Z")
![16287683317973278160074208802659](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/6/b/6b9b66aa0d7edbba3249add1d45d4049af46e165.jpeg) I got a ton! ---
**Author:** ![TimMJN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/timmjn/32/15227_2.png) [@TimMJN](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/TimMJN)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/42 "2021-08-18T11:15:38Z")
![2021-08-18 12.45.57](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/7/4/74433ee146c136ab06aabe83a69b969276a2e57e.jpeg) got 2 of these 3-axis 10k joysticks. Is there anything to do expect a CV source, and make the synth feel like a spaceship even more? ---
**Author:** ![Sonosus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/sonosus/32/13679_2.png) [@Sonosus](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Sonosus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/43 "2021-08-18T16:25:09Z")
Could be interesting to build an ms-20 filter and have X for cutoff and Y for resonance. IIRC the Korg Wavestation uses a joystick to mix 4(?) signal sources together. Are they sprung? ---
**Author:** ![TimMJN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/timmjn/32/15227_2.png) [@TimMJN](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/TimMJN)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/44 "2021-08-18T16:37:36Z")
> [@Sonosus](#): > > Are they sprung? Yes they are, but I can take out the springs from the x and y axes. Those are the types of applications I was thinking of, yes! I think for flexibility, I will make them into -5 - 5v outputs, including inverted. Then I can patch them into eg a filter with vc resonance for such an effect. Think I’ll take the springs out of one of them, leave the other sprung. ---
**Author:** ![Dud](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/dud/32/610_2.png) [@Dud](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Dud)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/45 "2021-08-18T23:50:17Z")
Maybe you can use this dual CV joystick and mod it for 3 axes I’ve made it and it’s verified With this type of module you can drive a cut off CV of a filter, but also everything with CV input 😉 ) it can send -5V to +5V > [@Verified Stripboard Layouts!](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/verified-stripboard-layouts/81/247): > > Joystick schematic and CV Wheel schematic come from [Niklas Rönnberg](http://familjenronnberg.se/~niklas/diy/eurorack/joystick/) I change 100K to 150K on range pots to have +&- 9V out max (before i have 11,80V) I add a trimpot on the wheel schem for best octave adjust. Not a complex board but a lot of spaghetti grinning EDIT of the Layout btw i put out a spring of one to use it like a wheel, more for pitch bend ---
**Author:** ![TimMJN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/timmjn/32/15227_2.png) [@TimMJN](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/TimMJN)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/46 "2021-08-19T06:59:05Z")
Thanks!! This is pretty much what I had in mind! ---
**Author:** ![TrapaNatans](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/trapanatans/32/9318_2.png) [@TrapaNatans](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/TrapaNatans)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/47 "2021-09-04T09:41:48Z")
Hey, I think I’ll build this one. I have 2 old joysticks but they are 150Kb which means logarithmic. Will this be ans issue? ---
**Author:** ![Dud](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/dud/32/610_2.png) [@Dud](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Dud)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/48 "2021-09-04T09:55:48Z")
I really don’t know, maybe try it, Log or Lin i’m not sure that’s make a big difference, the schem is done for a approx 10K joystick (pot) but … ---
**Author:** ![TimMJN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/timmjn/32/15227_2.png) [@TimMJN](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/TimMJN)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 10:58am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/49 "2021-09-04T10:58:54Z")
> [@TrapaNatans](#): > > 150Kb “B” usually refers to a linear response. Are you sure they are logarithmic? Log curve on a joystick doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense. Maybe ‘W’ curve, but that’s rare. ---
**Author:** ![konthaar043](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e57/32.png) [@konthaar043](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/konthaar043)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/50 "2021-09-04T13:04:21Z")
I thought that as well but i have pots of different values that i ordered from asia and also pots that i took out of lower price range stuff that have a B on it but are clearly audio taper. Also, very old potentiometers have it the other way round I think there might be some manufacturers that still use the old designations of have them switched around for some reason. I usually just check them with a multimeter before i use them just to be sure EDIT: it is pretty weird for a joystick though. ---
**Author:** ![TrapaNatans](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/trapanatans/32/9318_2.png) [@TrapaNatans](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/TrapaNatans)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/51 "2021-09-06T08:14:58Z")
I am always confused with the A and B on pots, checked them with an Ohmmeter and they are clearly Log. I can’t remember where I got them and what I wanted to use them for. Some universal controller I guess that never went beyond planning phase. I also used one of them in my guitar to pan between 2 pickups, but that didn’t work out good enough either. ![joystick](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/d/7/d76989d706dadf635a8a6863f39f463981a2997a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Dud](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/dud/32/610_2.png) [@Dud](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Dud)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/52 "2021-09-06T08:53:41Z")
yes between the old notations and the different sources it is a little complicated, if I say no stupidity, B is Lin for me, but maybe also Log in Japan ---
**Author:** ![Farabide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@Farabide](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Farabide)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/53 "2021-09-06T15:32:41Z")
This may sound radical but you could open the pots on the joystick device and replace the disk plates with ones from a linier pot? ---
**Author:** ![JaggedNZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@JaggedNZ](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/JaggedNZ)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 8:22am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/54 "2021-09-08T08:22:40Z")
On joysticks, how about these 5v force resistive? Joysticks salvaged from an old specialised digitiser (for GIS I believe) I’m tempted to hook them up to 5v and the outputs straight to Jacks to see if they will work as expression controllers. But I also suspect gain and maybe offset so cantered is 0v might be better? I removed the original cast resin thumb rests to reveal the knurled brass, thinking of mounting wooden balls to them. (So many ball jokes I my head 🤣) Other ideas? I have two …. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/7/a/7a067a39fba775ed24701464b38012d75c24cb9b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![TimMJN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/timmjn/32/15227_2.png) [@TimMJN](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/TimMJN)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/55 "2021-09-08T08:31:14Z")
Those look badass, do you have a type number for them? ---
**Author:** ![JaggedNZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@JaggedNZ](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/JaggedNZ)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 9:07am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/56 "2021-09-08T09:07:42Z")
They are MSI 462. I’ve found a basic data sheet. Be warned prices on the secondary market for them are eye watering expensive last time I checked. If anyone knows or finds a reasonably priced source for these (subminiature force operated joysticks) I would be interested. ---
**Author:** ![TimMJN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/timmjn/32/15227_2.png) [@TimMJN](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/TimMJN)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 9:11am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/57 "2021-09-08T09:11:21Z")
> [@JaggedNZ](#): > > eye watering expensive 400 GBP, big oof. But it’s good to know the keyword, I will keep an eye out. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![TrapaNatans](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/trapanatans/32/9318_2.png) [@TrapaNatans](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/TrapaNatans)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/58 "2021-09-08T18:50:46Z")
That won’t help. These have a much smaller wiper angle than regular pots. Less than 90 degrees I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![TrapaNatans](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/trapanatans/32/9318_2.png) [@TrapaNatans](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/TrapaNatans)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/59 "2021-09-09T16:32:17Z")
Will try this approach: [Modding a log pot to linear pot ? - MOD WIGGLER](https://modwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56318) ---
**Author:** ![sebastian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/sebastian/32/39_2.png) [@sebastian](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/sebastian)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064/60 "2021-10-03T12:04:44Z")
I found these nuclear event detectors > **[hsn1000\_rev3.pdf](https://web.archive.org/web/20210506045641/https://www.maxwell.com/images/documents/hsn1000_rev3.pdf)** (Only read about them, not really having them here 😉 ) Not sure where I would use it though… 😉 [Previous page](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064.md?page=2) [Next page](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-do-with-that-uses-for-odd-components/2064.md?page=4)