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hula73:
CP cut is done!!!  Having a blast as i forgot how much i missed working with wood.  Now acrylic is kicking my arse, but i might send that off to get milled at a company.

I need to order all the parts now and was hoping someone would be kind enough to take a look:

Crimp Connectors-Type: 4.8 mm
Daisy-Chain Harness- Cable Type: 6.3mm (1/4in) Connectors
I-PAC 4 Interface - Cable Type: USB Cable
UltraStik 360 Ball Top Joystick with USB cable- Qty 4
Ultralux Translucent Illuminated Pushbuttons. Includes LED. -5 colors red, blue, green, yellow, white
White Pushbuttons with black Logo - 1-4 players

34 buttons total

So i do need PacLED64 Advanced LED Controller, correct?  I need both the Ipac and this?  If not how many controllers will i need?  32 buttons, 4 joysticks and 1 trackball

I need to make a decision on trackball- 3"-  This CP is getting sick as i also have client who wants to airbrush the Death Star onto the ball.  What do you guys think i should get for a trackball?  

I want to secure as much as possible under the cp as i want it clean.  Please let me know if i am missing something.

I have included pic of my cp, please be gentle!!  Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks,
Hula73
FALSE:
I cant answer your question but that control panel art is sick!
hula73:
Spent alot of time fixing up the artwork, but i dont want to order all my parts until i get my question answered on the LED vs. Pac4 control board.
 I was worried thought the artwork was going to look toooooo busy. 
Nephasth:
How do you want your LEDs to work? If you want them all to be on all the time, you don't need an LED controller, just wire them to your power supply and make sure they're wired properly (with the appropriate resistors if needed). If you want them to be controlled, say you only want active buttons lit for each game or animations, you will need an LED controller such as the PACLED64 (as well as software such as LEDBlinky).
drventure:
About airbrushing something onto a trackball. I can't imagine that's going to work well. A trackball gets the hell beat out of it when you're playing, and it's riding on metal rollers.

If you could find someone that could +cast+ a deathstar design +into+ an acrylic ball, that would probably work (assuming you keep the overall mass about the same).

And if you find someone, please post! I'd love to get a semi transparent globe done that way, but haven't had any luck.

I found one possibility, but the ball was out of round, and wouldn't work at all. It's got to be a perfect sphere.
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