I have not use potentiometer on my gimbal.
If you look at lynxmotion webside you will see some 3D gimball that have a potentiometer
What are those silver knobs (2 each side) on top of your gimbal?
Look this picture is not from me
Ohh gotcha! Now I get why you wanted all the hardware… I’ll post a full list in few minutes… Sorry I thought this was yours…
There is many choices for knob and potentiometer.
Digikey is an easy way to get them.
For switch most use 1/4 holes do easy to design.
Display is something you need to know before.
So potentiometer: sparkfun.com/products/10001
Now im wondering if I put a touch screen like this: adafruit.com/products/335 if i even need that many switches…
Hardware
1 x Arduino Mega (dfrobot.com/index.php?route= … HSDjxXA-xA)
1 x Arduino Mega Shield (dfrobot.com/index.php?route= … HSDnBXA-xA)
2 x lynxmotion.com/p-839-aurora-9-gimbal.aspx
7 or 8 small switches (like lynxmotion.com/p-280-dpdt-mi … witch.aspx)
1 x adafruit.com/products/335 Maybe 2… one on top of each other
2 x Potentiometer: sparkfun.com/products/10001
Look good.
Will look what can be done.
Power?
8 digital and 4 analog per Touch screen, so a total of 16 digital and 8 analog, The mega has enough pins for it…
Im thinking to have the controls on one screen and the data on the top one
I don’t know for the screen…
Kurte did a lot of work for another one… and i can’t program that
adafruit has a arduino library for them… I guess i could buy one and test it my self
but ill send him a pm, to see what kind of problems he had
I mean if worth comes to worth ill write my own library, or modify theirs so we can get something rolling
just ask him here.
i am sure he will answer… !
@Kurke what kind of issue did you have with the touch screens + arduino?
Time! I keep running out of it! 
Here is a link back to when I was playing with it viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7422&start=126.
My only question to myself was should I continue to write my own code for it, or should I adapt my code over to another library that is being developed by another person which ran both on Arduinos as well as Chipkit boards and support most of the 4D system displays. Some more information up on the thread: chipkit.org/forum/viewtopic. … uch+screen
Kurt
I told you he would reply…!
He is everywhere… (i am scared now)
Would it be better to stay to the screen you have developed to?
As I have mentioned in a few threads and in different PMs and the like, I keep going around on circles on what I think I should do as for the DIY stuff.
I have lots of different options I/We can take which include:
a) Punt: I have one that works for me, so… 
b) Continue along the road with my DIY Arduino stuff. Several options here. I built my own board that is Atmega 644p based, so you need to install some extra stuff into the Arduino environment to make them work. Or could continue with one of my Mega Shields or maybe adapt to the DFRobotics ones, although I am not sure about size, nor does it have sound. Could probably add sound to prototype area.
c) Steer people to the Arbotix Commander 2 (trossenrobotics.com/p/arboti … ad-v2.aspx) - I have code for them. They work, but they are very very limited! Only 8 buttons, no user feedback…
d) Maybe try one of the Quantum Robotics ones (quantumri.com/) Not sure when they will be available. Also Propeller based…
e) Robot Dude mentioned they had a shield they were working on. Not sure if this will be done now???
e) Build my own that is like the Arbotix one or Quantum one… Maybe with a case like that was mentioned before in this thread. Could build a shield for some Arduino (maybe mega, maybe Leonardo). May design my own shield, that has a couple of the thumb joysticks, XBee, Display, maybe a slider, N buttons (hopefully about the same number as a PS2…). Alternatively Thurm joysticks left off and use other joysticks… But then need more of a case.
Just thoughts, not sure where I will go next.
Kurt
Edit: Yes I am everywhere
- I would like to keep Arduino based cause I can understand a bit.
- I can design a case and sell at low cost.
- something like airbotix but Arduino based.
- touch screen could be nice but hard to do I guess
I am ready to kick in…
Well as far as a library goes… embeddedcomputing.weebly.com/serial-lcd.html looks pretty good
and maybe a single big sparkfun.com/products/11075