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LED control from Mame--in over my head again?
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: 1UP on March 15, 2010, 11:55:19 am ---Howard, I'm watching your site every day for a new release. You're going to kill me with this display stuff you know. Where am I going to find room for a second monitor on my cab? :D
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It used to be a pain in the butt to find a small enough secondary monitor for cabs like ours, much less getting them working. But now:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/c609/
Sure the price is a little steep, but considering you don't have to fool it video cards and stuff it's well worth it. they are small enough to where you can mount them under the marquee area on a folding hinge so that you can flip it up when not in use. Of course that's a 16:9 display..... I really need to con some sap... err I mean convince some loyal user to convert all the display files to a 16:9 format as well. ;)
Myself I'm using a hacked psone monitor in the same manner, but that thing was obsolete before I even got it working.
1UP:
Actually....I wonder if there are apps around that will allow you to use a smartphone screen as an output device. I've got 2 old PC phones and one PDA lying in a drawer doing nothing.
Howard_Casto:
well yes and no...
Static images sure.... all bluetooth enabled phones have a standard hid interface, so mamehooker supports them right this instant. The only problem is this serial interface is usually limited to sending files to save on your phone (mp3s images, ect), and not real-time streaming.
I doubt the screen resolution would be high enough to make out anything anyway.
But if we aren't worried about readibility, those tiny 1-3" picture frame keycahins are very hackable and it is now possible to stream video to them. If they ever go down to a reasonable price, I intend to make a control panel with a keychain embedded into the panel beneath each button to act as a label, like those fancy 300+ dollar keyboards.
1UP:
How do those PS1 screens look? At least good enough for an instruction card/pinball DMD? Looks like you can get a couple for less than that USB screen. I would probably need 3 with my setup.
1UP:
I did find an app that turns a PDA into a USB monitor. Have to juice up the old phone to try it out.
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