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| NewToBuilding:
Sorry about all the typos and grammar errors. I shouldn't type replies without my glasses on :-\ I was trying to say that the KADE really got my motivation going when I saw it. I suck at soldering and this seems simple enough for someone like me. |
| PL1:
--- Quote from: NewToBuilding on December 02, 2012, 01:50:00 pm ---You're spot on about the KADE :D. That's one sparked my interest to finally get going. I've always wanted to build one, but I suck at soldering and stuff. I saw on another website, the KADE project, and bought two of them. I was told to buy those cables by someone on the KADE team. Do I need more than that? I will definitely check out Degenatrons' XBox build. Thanks for the help :) --- End quote --- 2 of the 16-pack QD wires and 1 of the 30-connector daisy-chain grounds should be fine for wiring the controls on a 2P bartop. I recommended reading up on Jon's and other builds so you can see some of the little things that people forget like marquee retainers, cooling fans, volume controls, monitor power on/off, etc. It's a good way to uncover the things you don't know that you don't know -- the unknown unknowns. BTW Floriske.nl is in the process of doing a similar build using KADE prototypes. Scott |
| NewToBuilding:
--- Quote from: PL1 on December 02, 2012, 02:26:22 pm --- --- Quote from: NewToBuilding on December 02, 2012, 01:50:00 pm ---You're spot on about the KADE :D. That's one sparked my interest to finally get going. I've always wanted to build one, but I suck at soldering and stuff. I saw on another website, the KADE project, and bought two of them. I was told to buy those cables by someone on the KADE team. Do I need more than that? I will definitely check out Degenatrons' XBox build. Thanks for the help :) --- End quote --- 2 of the 16-pack QD wires and 1 of the 30-connector daisy-chain grounds should be fine for wiring the controls on a 2P bartop. I recommended reading up on Jon's and other builds so you can see some of the little things that people forget like marquee retainers, cooling fans, volume controls, monitor power on/off, etc. It's a good way to uncover the things you don't know that you don't know -- the unknown unknowns. BTW Floriske.nl is in the process of doing a similar build using KADE prototypes. Scott --- End quote --- Awesome! Thank you very much for the help and links! |
| equlizer:
The KADE is missing one thing. Rotary control! Then it would be perfect and i would get one. |
| degenatrons:
--- Quote from: NewToBuilding on December 02, 2012, 01:50:00 pm --- --- Quote from: PL1 on December 02, 2012, 01:33:40 pm ---Looks like a good start. What are you using for your encoder? Hacked controllers or planning to drop in several of the new KADEs once they released? Have you made a list of admin button functions? (start, back, exit, etc.) Also, I assume on the rainbow 16-pack of wires that you are getting several of them: 2 joysticks - 8 wires 12 player buttons - 12 wires other buttons - ? To see if you've forgotten anything else, you might want to check out Degenatrons' XBox build here. It includes videos and lots of details. Scott --- End quote --- You're spot on about the KADE :D. That's one sparked my interest to finally get going. I've always wanted to build one, but I suck at soldering and stuff. I saw on another website, the KADE project, and bought two of them. I was told to buy those cables by someone on the KADE team. Do I need more than that? I will definitely check out Degenatrons' XBox build. Thanks for the help :) --- End quote --- That was me who recommended you get 2 of those cables :D Another option is to re-purpose the cable from an old (or broken) xbox controller and attach a USB female port to end. Yet another option is to use a regular USB extension cable and wire one end to the wires behind the controller port. If you're de-casing your xbox then this is a cheap solution. The wiring of both options is super easy. Those cables are cheap to just go buy. Often, I don't have the patience to wait for parts. |
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