Hi,
I just brought one of these to experiment with:
Get in quick they wont last long! I might get a cheap usb mouse and hook it up to the encoder tracks on the mouse. If it works well…USB trackball in a built into a midibox anyone ;D
Rowan
Nice… Now just waiting to see if he’ll ship down under… :-\ Thanks for the tip rowan!
Nice… Now just waiting to see if he’ll ship down under…
Or if anyone in the UK would ship them for us. :) Hey BTW check out his other items - 4x20 VFDs for example
Those VFD’s don’t look too rough either 
He’s given the thumbs up for shipping, wanna see if we can get a combined quote?
Any other aussies? Speak now or forever hold your peace 
(I’m looking in your direction Wilba)
Yo stryd put me down for a trackball pending a combo shipping quote
Rowan,
Have you had any luck connecting the tracker ball to a pc yet?
I havn’t recived my trackball yet, I’m not expecting it till next week. I’m sure that this will work, that only problem I see it the number of pules per revolution that the trackball provides. The trackballs output 150ppr or 300ppr depending on the size. This could be too many puleses, but i’ll wait and see. It sems worth the risk to me.
Rowan
with the front housing being able to rotate in both directions
Trackball/X-Y joyball and scrub wheel in one??
I was thinking about using the trackball to position the cursor on screen and the housing to set the value
Or XYZ modulation, think Cutoff/Resonance/Detune or Cutiff/Res/PWM… MMM…nasty chompy noises…
Or an X-Y modulator with mod depth in the housing wheel…
The mind boggles. Wish the quote would come!
Stryd, I like your Idea about cursor position and value. Another thing these would be excellent for is digital video/film colour corection, you would need 3. JL Copper make a controller for this…very cool.
Yeh they sure do get the imagination going
Might have a problem with ordering from Aus though, guys… This seller doesnt take paypal, so it’s a slow and expensive bank transfer… $40 before we even start 
If someone in the UK would let me paypal the money to them and then buy them for us that would rock… Otherwise they might be a bit much.
This seller doesnt take paypal… bank transfer… $40
Oof. Oh well , I guess if someone in the UK offers to help…
I guess I could help you out. I’m in Glasgow, which is not to far from Manchester. I could UPS them to you from work.
Wait till my one arrives, then we will know how reliable this guy is.
Rowan
Glasgow, ah you have that accent! I’ll always hear you with that accent now when I read your posts ahaha
No need to ship from work bro, I’ll pay you for shipping and beers for the favour
Hey I was thinking about that whole thing with the rate they pulse at, you could use a S&H or it occurred to me today a counter IC could do the job nicely…
I’m in Glasgow.
Small world. I was born in the Queen Mother’s Hospital in Glasgow 39 years ago. Since then I’ve spent a total of 28 years in Canada, the U.S. and Japan, which is where I live now.
-drin
I’ve got kiwi accent
It will be easier for me to ship from work, as we use UPS evey day to send out products. I’ll find out how much it will cost. PM me your address. Have a look around ebay uk to see if there is anything else you or others in OZ want.
Rowan
I was up in Glasgow a few weeks ago…
Do you know Mike G from The Sub Club?
I’m new to glasgow. I’ve only been in Scotland for 2 months.
This seller doesnt take paypal
I just got a reply back from him saying he does.
Hey, who here is bidding on what? We should probably try to avoid bidding against each other :). I’m bidding on the following item numbers, but I don’t mind changing to a different equivalent item if I’m up against someone here …
Trackball 7610659116
VFD 4x20 7609789452
VFD 2x20 x2 7609787912
Great news about paypal! Rowan have you already bid on some for us or should we go ahead and get them directly?
I’m not bidding on any yet, but I probably will… Hey DrBunsen would you mind combining our orders to save on shipping?