hi all,
i have an idea rattling around in this skull of mine; how to highlight which directions are used on a stick, 2-way (hor. or ver.), 4-way, 8-way.
i'm thinking of adding 8 small red LED's in each of the directions around a j-stick; drill from ender the panel so the lights are flush with the top of the cab. these lights could be driven by my ledwiz board. when starting a mame game, the appropriate lights would light up (galaga, only left and right would light, donkey kong, up, down, left right... street fighter, all 8 lights would light up).
this got me thinking of a potential product for randy at ggg or andy at ultimarc.
it would be like randy's LED marquee bars but instead would be a circle. we users could route in a circle, 1/4 inch deep, around our sticks, so that this round board is flush with the panel. to top it off, it would come with a plastic clip on top that has directions arrows that would be lit from the lights underneath. you could even have multiple versions of this plastic clip on ring, different arrow styles, different colors, etc; think of an xbox faceplate. heck, it could even be clear and come with a template so the user could design and print their own.
maybe a stupid idea, just throwing it out there