▲ 45 ▼ Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 years ago by BrikoX@vlemmy.net to c/news@beehaw.org 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sub_@beehaw.org 13 points 3 years ago (3 children) I read that military used Xbox controller because it was more intuitive than traditional method. But I do hope that they update / change their gamepad regularly, because thumbstick drift is a thing. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] freeman@lemmy.pub 9 points 3 years ago I mean there is something to be said for KISS (keep it simple stupid) principles. Especially in an environment that is very unforgiving. In fact in SCUBA there is even a rebreather named as such [1]. And something like an xbox controller is both well engineered and quite intuitive. That said...you are going to want redundancy. For example I believe SpaceX Dragon uses largely off the shelf computers running linux [2], and not the older rad hardened versions many other space programs require. That said...they also setup them as a to work in triplicate to ensure quorum on the data validity and then have a backup set fo computer in case they cant get quorum out of the primary. [1] https://www.kissrebreathers.com/ [2] https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9243/what-computer-and-software-is-used-by-the-falcon-9 permalink fedilink source parent [–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 3 years ago It's even funnier than that. Appearently, for drones they made drone pilots design their optimal input device, and the result was basically a replica of a commonly used Xbox controller. The legal department was dumbfounded because there's obviously protections for an Xbox controller and they just resorted back to the original. permalink fedilink source parent [–] StringTheory@beehaw.org 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) military used Xbox controller Isn’t the Xbox controller only used for the periscope? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bermuda@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) There's various photos online of US and UK militaries using xbox controllers to pilot UAV's. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StringTheory@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago That sounds like a perfect use for them! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] freeman@lemmy.pub 9 points 3 years ago I mean there is something to be said for KISS (keep it simple stupid) principles. Especially in an environment that is very unforgiving. In fact in SCUBA there is even a rebreather named as such [1]. And something like an xbox controller is both well engineered and quite intuitive. That said...you are going to want redundancy. For example I believe SpaceX Dragon uses largely off the shelf computers running linux [2], and not the older rad hardened versions many other space programs require. That said...they also setup them as a to work in triplicate to ensure quorum on the data validity and then have a backup set fo computer in case they cant get quorum out of the primary. [1] https://www.kissrebreathers.com/ [2] https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9243/what-computer-and-software-is-used-by-the-falcon-9 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 3 years ago It's even funnier than that. Appearently, for drones they made drone pilots design their optimal input device, and the result was basically a replica of a commonly used Xbox controller. The legal department was dumbfounded because there's obviously protections for an Xbox controller and they just resorted back to the original. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StringTheory@beehaw.org 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) military used Xbox controller Isn’t the Xbox controller only used for the periscope? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bermuda@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) There's various photos online of US and UK militaries using xbox controllers to pilot UAV's. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StringTheory@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago That sounds like a perfect use for them! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) There's various photos online of US and UK militaries using xbox controllers to pilot UAV's. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StringTheory@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago That sounds like a perfect use for them! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StringTheory@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago That sounds like a perfect use for them! permalink fedilink source parent