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armi0024:
Paradise Arcade Shop would like to proudly introduce the:
LonoTM Arcade to USB 2.0 Controller Board


Boards ship 5/20 with orders accepted on 5/18

Lono is the god of the Makahiki Festival and the Hawaiian games.  We thought this was a perfect match for this board....
Not just another arcade to USB controller board, the LonoTM is a small board with big features.
This board comes complete with pin headers and harnesses for easy wiring, allowing 4 joysticks and 56 buttons to be connected at the fastest advertised rate of output with Full-Speed USB.

The Lono is not just another keyboard emulator. It is a full featured USB 2.0 joystick device.
What does this mean? You can forget about ghosting and all the other limitations of a keyboard.  The Lono is detecting and sending as many buttons as you want to push with NO ghosting, even if you were to activate all 56 buttons at once. The Lono board comes with a 6' USB cable and 4 Paradise Rainbow HarnessesTM(1 per joystick) that will allow for a 4 person panel up to 5ft across with no soldering, crimping or screw terminals. The Lono is automatically recognized by most versions of Windows and Linux without the need for additional drivers making this board easily integrated into your current or new installation.

Features

* Ultra-fast with a USB 2.0 output that updates all 72 inputs faster than anyone's advertised USB Full-Speed rate

* 4 separate 19 pin headers allowing for 4 joysticks and 56 buttons
* Automatically shows up in Windows as 4 Joysticks, and 14 buttons with each, making Mame configuration almost automatic
* Native USB 2.0 Full-Speed support
* Integrated hardware based USB technology, much faster throughput than software emulated ports
* USB 2.0 HID device that is automatically recognized by HID compatible operating systems
* Small 2" x 2.5" form factor means this 72 input controller will fit just about anywhere
* Pin headers with harness. No screws, no solder, just plug and play
* Harness is fully color coded for easy wiring eliminating the tedious task of tracing same color wires
* Multipile Lono boards can run together if you need more than 72 inputs (72,144,216,etc)
* Engineered and Assembled in the USA


Package includes:
1 x LonoTM Arcade to USB 2.0 board
2 x 18" Paradise Rainbow HarnessesTM
2 x 30" Paradise Rainbow HarnessesTM
2 x PCB board feet w/screws
Quick start installation guide (full installation guide will be available in pdf form on the website)

Gray_Area:
Looks nice.

Does that mean it won't be listed until 5/18? I'm sure everyone is eager to know price.
BobA:
Looks great.   Need the price. :applaud: :applaud:
armi0024:

We only need to sell one!

Actually on a serious note, they will be 65 each, this includes all the harnessing, usb cable, board, and as always... some Hawaiian chocolate.
armi0024:
Based on beta testing feeback....

We added some functionality to the board.

The Lono will have three start up states, dependent on joystick position at start up.  If joystick 1 is in the neutral position the last programmed state will just be reactivated.
State 1) 4 x 1 joystick x 14 button controller
State 2) 4 x 1 joystick x 14 button controller, where button 14 acts as a shift, making buttons 1-13 show up as 15 -27
State 3) 4 x 1 joystick x 14 button controller, where button 14 shifts all the buttons and the joystick directions become 28-31

A lot of controllers have a "shift" button, but it is usually a universal "shift".  With the Lono, the board is recognized as four controller devices, and in these separate modes each has it's own shift capabilities.  That means you can enter admin controls on player 2, while player 1 is currently be used to play a game without affecting the mapping on player 1.  This also gives the lono the possibility of being programmed to 124 different action buttons and 4 joysticks.  Each controller, on the 4 controller board, has the capability of 31 different button signals and a joystick.

And it does all of this at a blazing fast speed, making it one of the fastest and more versatile controllers on the market.
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