Operator controlled electrical output signal device with variable feel and hold feedback and automated calibration and learnable performance optimization

A method for providing multiple tactile feel regions to a user of a handle assembly depending on an angular displacement of said handle assembly, said method including:

• providing a free play region at a first angular displacement, wherein said free play region provides a tactile feel wherein a force is required by the user to angularly displace said handle assembly that is greater than that required in said dead band region and said modulation region;
• providing a dead band region at a second angular displacement, wherein said dead band region provides a tactile feel wherein the least amount of force of any region is required to angularly displace said handle assembly;
• providing a modulation region at a third angular displacement, wherein said modulation region provides a tactile feel wherein the force applied by the user is substantially linear in relationship to the angular displacement of said handle assembly and great than that required in said free play region;
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• providing a jump up region at a fourth angular displacement, wherein said jump up region provides a tactile feel wherein a significantly greater force is required to produce an angular displacement of said handle assembly than in said modulation region.