OK then that does sound right. I even had my old man help me out on this one. Hes no electronics expert but he was a chief engineer in the USCG for roughly 33yrs. While using the fluke we kept getting a reading that we didnt think made sense, so he pulled out his 30yr old multi meter and read it that way. The old simple non digital meter was the way to go, since it read 150,000ohms, which is also funny because I questioned that reading too. Simply put I have a lot to learn but I'll get there!

Thanks for the help again Grizzly!
Chris

At the moment, I'm hacking this one.

Update: Found here...

Bump/update

LOL thanks been away for the week at sunny Rollins Lake in Northern California!

Wow almost one year later and I'm finally starting my project. I've bought the switches and will post progress pics soon I still need 2 more on-off-on mom switches and I need a few pots but I'll get it together.

too late...i hacked up a CH Products Combatstick to make a Extreme mod cyclic helicopter control stick...I am in thr process of hacking up a Pro Throttle to make a collective... because other than that, these items were just collecting dust...

I hacked up a Saitek Aviator for foot pedals...

i choose to hack these up also, because they had good programming utilities made by the manufacturer...

Which is why I might use a an X52/45 since they have all the buttons, and three programmable modes. I was originally thinking that I could program 3 uses for each switch using the mode selector. Thats how I use my current X-52 anyways and would require less 3 times the buttons..... I think.

I'm so close to being finished I still havent figured out the pots yet but have all the switches. I was wondering if someone can help me with the HAT switch again I have four (on)off(on) toggles that I'm hoping can used for all 8 buttons. Can someone help me out by looking at the previous diagram and giving me ideas on how to connect the switches?

I'm not sure if I'll need diodes either as Sokol mentioned before. My gut tells me no, because the I'm going directly from the pins of the old buttons but I really dont know!

Right not I'm not too worried about the pots because I play a lot of LOMAC now which doesnt really need them (I find the hats on my X-52 work great for trimming in LOMAC).

As always thanks for the help!

PS To think I was starting this project over a year ago and I'm still not done, too much work, stress and definitely not enough play.................

EDIT: To avoid confusion I the switches I have are identical to the DPTD switches in the last diagram by Grizzly. Is there any way to use four toggles or do I have to get another four buttons for the corners? If I have to do the latter I can pick a few up at radio shack to finish this out!

I think this would do the trick.
I don't know which hat position is what, so the directions listed are based on the way the PCB is pictured. (UP being the top 2 switch holes, etc.)

Thanks grizzly a huge help after posting this last night I went into tinker mode and got each possible key press from the hat switch except for one diagonal corner. I'll take this apart and try again to see if I have better luck with your diagram! It took me a while and a lot of head scratching but damn did I get a little better at soldering and I think I understand a lot more of how the matrix works for this particular stick!