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joyhandle(9)

joyhandle9

Sets nonlinear joypad movements, deadbands and scales

Usage

loadrt joyhandle [{count=N | names=name1 [,name2 ...]}]

Overview

The component joyhandle uses the following formula for a non linear joypad movements:

y = (scale * (a*x^power + b*x)) + offset

The parameters a and b are adjusted in such a way, that the function starts at (deadband,offset) and ends at (1,scale+offset).

Negative values will be treated point symmetrically to origin. Values -deadband < x < +deadband will be set to zero.

Values x > 1 and x < -1 will be skipped to ±(scale+offset). Invert transforms the function to a progressive movement.

With power one can adjust the nonlinearity (default = 2). Default for deadband is 0.

Valid values are: power >= 1.0 (reasonable values are 1.x .. 4‐5, take higher power‐values for higher deadbands (>0.5), if you want to start with a nearly horizontal slope), 0 <= deadband < 0.99 (reasonable 0.1).

An additional offset component can be set in special cases (default = 0).

All values can be adjusted for each instance separately.

Functions

joyhandle.N (requires a floating-point thread)

Pins

joyhandle.N.in float in
joyhandle.N.out float out

Parameters

joyhandle.N.power float rw (default: 2.0)
joyhandle.N.deadband float rw (default: 0.)
joyhandle.N.scale float rw (default: 1.)
joyhandle.N.offset float rw (default: 0.)
joyhandle.N.inverse bit rw (default: 0)

History

  • Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Author

Paul Willutzki

License

GPL

From linuxcnc-uspace 1:2.9.4-2+deb13u1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.