Foot Buttons for Sim

[bieler11]

Just wanted to show here my newest creation. Buttons to play TGC2019 without having to go to the keyboard.
They can be pressed by foot or club.
Build with an arduino which emulates a keyboard, so no software needed on the computer, just plug and play.
There is even some "intelligence", meaning that "long press" on the green button switches between training mode, where the green button is a "mulligan", and competition mode, where the green button is just "enter" to drop the ball if it went into the water.

If someone wants to rebuild I can provide with the code and give hints on cabling, but it is pretty straight forward.
I used a nano IOT 33, just had one of those laying around, but you can use any other arduino which is 32u4 or SAMD based.

[preludesam]

That's really cool. It makes me want to get TGC 2019 just for all the neat little things this forum has come up with.

[Capz65]

Nice idea. I'm trying to find a solution to make it easy to slide the LM horizontally on rails. I'm sure the nano with a foot button could actuate a motor for that purpose. I might pick your brain down the line if I work it out

[bieler11]

sure you can do that, would just need a motor driver board.

[Capz65]

I wonder if the same keyboard emulation can be accomplished by voice with Siri or Assistant. I shut down and turn on the pc with assistant using ifttt and wake on lan. But the delays could be a deal breaker in game compared to your push board. And saying hey Siri hey Google could get tiresome.

[bieler11]

sure there would be a way to do that, but will not really be usefull as "hey siri 1 left, hey siri 4 left, hey siri 1 right, hey siri fly over, hey siri go back" and so on would be pretty annoying.
Been using the buttons now for a few week and would really miss them if they were not there, I can even take my setup and if I am not confident with the direction I can just take the club to click left or right, then hit without moving...