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Driving Cab Completed...
Jollywest:
--- Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on November 01, 2012, 08:51:38 pm ---Nice build! What are the Sega and MAME power switches for? Can you explain how they work?
Kudos!
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Cheers, the 2 plugs are on IEC (kettle) cables and run round to the back of each machine, where there is an IEC socket. This socket is wired to a surge protected multiple, and all the parts of the cab (monitor/marquee light/ speakers/PC etc...) are plugged into this. The PC is set in the bios to start on A/C return of power, so one flick of a switch and your away! :)
ABACABB:
Very Nice Jolly. I am very jealous. I am kind of in the same situation as member Well Fed Games, where I collected all of the parts to build a driving cab but have made no progress for a while and I may abandon the project. But one thing I see in your pics has me interested. What is this Immersion PCB? Is it out of a PC driving wheel or is it made to interface arcade hardware? Other builds I have seen use an amplifier between the pcb and the ffb motor to get the voltage up. In your pics it appears that the power to the ffb motor comes directly off the pcb... Does your pcb accept 24 volts? Curious how you did that but great job!! :applaud:
BadMouth:
The immersion pcb is the original force feedback I/O board used in Global VR arcade games which were PC based and had Happ controls.
It connects via USB and the drivers can be found on the internet.
You can order it from Global VR, but it's expensive.
I keep an eye out, but have never seen a used one.
It does require a 24v power supply to be connected.
Jollywest:
--- Quote from: ABACABB on November 02, 2012, 10:40:18 am ---Very Nice Jolly. I am very jealous. I am kind of in the same situation as member Well Fed Games, where I collected all of the parts to build a driving cab but have made no progress for a while and I may abandon the project. But one thing I see in your pics has me interested. What is this Immersion PCB? Is it out of a PC driving wheel or is it made to interface arcade hardware? Other builds I have seen use an amplifier between the pcb and the ffb motor to get the voltage up. In your pics it appears that the power to the ffb motor comes directly off the pcb... Does your pcb accept 24 volts? Curious how you did that but great job!! :applaud:
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Thanks, the original plan was to use a Servo Amp and hack a Logitech wheel for its pcb as you mentioned, and interface it all as Sharkfactor did in his driving cab.
I knew of the Immersion Pcb though but also knew it was expensive as BadMouth said, so this was only an option when I luckily stumbled across a used one on eBay US site for £50, which came from a Need For Speed cab.
As BadMouth also said it interfaces all quite easily via Usb, and uses a 24v 5a psu which I also got from eBay for £10, and as I said to Well Fed Games, persist with your project it really will be worth it in the end. ;)
Well Fed Games:
Yeah, my problem is the line of projects in front of the driving cab- I think I might have overreached! I may go the route of a racing chair though (not as cool by any means, but I have a ton of console wheels and racing games). Racers are still my favorite builds to see though!
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