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| Flip The Switch:
Hi guys, been reading this place for a while.... a wealth of information. Im currenty building a mame cabinet, ive got it all in bar the controls, i have all buttons and joysticks and a screen... i have already tried connecting the buttons and joystick to a logitech pressicion gamepad with no success, im very new to soldering and electronics, is there a BETTER pcb to use? as i believe the logitech one wasnt the best to start with, i was thinking about using a wired 360 controller as theres alot of info and tutorials on the internet, is there a better board than that for a beginner to build his controls up on? im in New Zealand so any parts/boards suggest would have to be imported or sourced locally. heres the cabinet, its had the old screen removed and fitted with a 19inch LCD any help/suggestions would be sweet guys! |
| Smoker:
get an Ipac http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac1.html or a gamepad encoder from http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=76_81&products_id=234 |
| Turnarcades:
Yeah, gamepad hacks are sooo five years ago. :) If you have old joypads lying around and are doing a budget build or a single joystick then fine, but for a proper full machine control panel, you should really use the plethora of encoders available today, particularly as you are now shopping around anyway. As you have no clue about soldering and this is a simple first build, you should use a mini-pac interface from Ultimarc as all the connections are pre-wired with spade connectors so hooking it up is much easier. However, you fail to mention what screen you are using - if it's a PC monitor or TV fine, but if it's an arcade monitor you should use a J-Pac interface instead. |
| solidteezme:
--- Quote --- --- Quote from: Turnarcades on May 06, 2010, 03:26:54 am ---you fail to mention what screen you are using - if it's a PC monitor or TV fine, but if it's an arcade monitor you should use a J-Pac interface instead. --- End quote --- heres the cabinet, its had the old screen removed and fitted with a 19inch LCD --- End quote --- So the Mini-pac will be fine, hacking controlers really is not worth the hassle. |
| Turnarcades:
sorry, missed that bit under the picture :) |
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