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| paigeoliver:
Whichever you wish, I have never used a commercial encoder I was unhappy with and I have used almost all of them (haven't tried Vigo's yet, but that is because I am still sitting on a half dozen other encoders). I vastly prefer the ones where you insert the individual wires to the kind you plug an IDE cable into. --- Quote from: bsktbllmn23 on June 19, 2012, 07:09:13 pm ---well said. I have really been considering just biting the bullet and forgetting the hacked gamepads, but I am so DIY that it is difficult to NOT go that route. What encoder would you suggest? The front runners to me are: iPac, GPWiz-40, Vigo's boards? --- End quote --- |
| CoryBee:
I have hacked quite a few gamepads and had no issue with them switching IDs on boot and if soldered properly wont be so fragile. Gamepad plus terminal strip makes a descent arcade controller. No doubt though a commercial encoder wins over all, but I am a huge DIY guy and love to cut costs on personal projects . Couldn't personally turn my head to these $3.80 gamepads I found on ebay :cheers: If I start putting more money into a larger arcade with 4 player I think I would use an encoder. Also, almost all of the cheap Chinese controllers have an odd "secret" ground. I went through at least 4 different models and about 15 gamepads altogether. |
| PL1:
--- Quote from: bsktbllmn23 on June 19, 2012, 06:23:00 pm ---http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=258 Any body used this from GGG? I am about to put an order through and would love to hack a USB gamepad to save some money, and I have hacked around on a pair I got from Amazon and think that my practice is REALLY paying off. --- End quote --- If you want an inexpensive gamepad-style encoder with wires included, Vigo is the man. (check his sig or his 2 threads in Buy/Sell/Trade) If you want an inexpensive keyboard-style encoder, Degenatron's encoders are hard to beat. You can buy the encoder from him with the screw terminals, or download the firmware from him and buy the board here stateside without terminals. (He's in the UK) If you buy a board from 404, he'll even program and ops check it before sending it. Details in this thread including several stateside commercial vendors. Scott |
| CoryBee:
Now that I look at some of my controllers, I have that exact one. And no it does not use a common ground for all buttons. The Up and Right use a shared special ground. |
| capsule:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on June 19, 2012, 07:00:10 pm ---If your time has any value you immediately saved nothing at all --- End quote --- Well, if our hobby time had any value, we wouldn't even be here discussing this... |
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