Paddle Controller Adapter

Convert Any Optical Mouse into a Paddle Controller

nitsuj11595

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Description

A custom 3D printed knob to convert any optical Mouse into an Atari style Paddle Controller.

Play Tempest , Pong, or Arkanoid the way it should be in the 1980's, with a spinning knob!

Video Instructions and demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Md_S0xFS9Y

Details

I've always wanted to play Tempest the way it should be played in the 1980's, with a spinny disk!

Now I can with minimal hardware modifications.

Github:

https://github.com/nitsuj11595/PaddleControllerAdapter/

Thingiverse Model:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4823998/

Based off of Original Atari 2600 Paddle Replacement Wheel by jtritell
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:21854/

Replacement Paddle Controller Wheel model made by jtritell's was modified to accept a magnet instead of a potentiometer.

Files

LICENSE.txt plain - 19.67 kB - 06/29/2021 at 05:32		Download
paddle_controller_knob.stl Standard Tesselated Geometry - 405.65 kB - 06/29/2021 at 05:32		Download
paddle_controller_knob.scad x-openscad - 2.96 kB - 06/29/2021 at 05:32		Download
instructions.mp4 MPEG-4 Video - 36.00 MB - 06/29/2021 at 05:32		Download

Components

1 × Optical Mouse
5 × 6 mm dia x 3mm neodymium disk magnets

Build Instructions

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1

Post Printing

Sand and paint as desired.

Hot glue your magnet into the hole.

If hole is too small to accept a magnet, additional drilling may be necessary to expand it.

Make sure the polarity matches with magnet installed in the mouse!
2

Modified Mouse

Magnets must be installed 14 to 20 mm of the lens.

Install a total of 4 magnets, one directly above, below, left and right of the lens.

Make sure the polarity matches with the magnet installed in the knob!

Ensure that the magnet does not interfere with the proper functioning of the mouse, and that no electrical components are shorted.