Creating a coin door for a dreamcast cabinet.

[mo1e]

Hello all i currently have a dreamcast cab and Ive noticed that the Mame emulator on the dreamcast requires you to flick right on the analogue stick to insert a credit.

im not sure that you can buy coin doors that work with consoles but Ive been toying with the idea of rigging a switch to a home made coin door, and wiring the switch to the pad for the right analogue stick.

Would this idea work.

PS i am aware that any coins will probably trigger the switch but im not really that concerned. it will just be a way for me to save some money.

the front isn't what it will actually look like. just a rough

[HaRuMaN]

Yes, on the official pad you can hack the analog stick, even though it is a hall effect sensor.

[Drnick]

Yep that would work.  Funny thing is I was just over at Hyperspin where someone created an any coin acceptor for his coin door.  What are the odds    I'm sure you could fine tune the opening so that only a couple of coins will fit.

[mo1e]

Thanks. its a real shame theres no coin doors for consoles. they all seem to need a voltage input. and theres no way im messing around with that stuff.

[DLinkOZ]

A coin door is just using a switch that triggers the signal (like common ground), like any of your buttons or joysticks.  Only time you'd need voltage is if you want to light it up.

[mo1e]

so technically any coin door with mech would work aslong as i just wire the coin door to the control pad button with no need to use a voltage of any kind?

[BobA]

You still need a voltage and a ground to make a circuit but the voltage is available with any console gamepad that plugs in and will have a voltage and ground.

[DLinkOZ]

Whatever is feeding the switch in your drawing, you simply feed to the switch at the very bottom of the coin door mech.  It's the same, simple switch used for buttons and joysticks.  A "common" connector, and both NO and NC connectors.  You can send ground through it, or whatever your console is expecting via the joystick.  Just extend the wires down, which you were already doing in your drawing.

[mo1e]

Whatever is feeding the switch in your drawing, you simply feed to the switch at the very bottom of the coin door mech.  It's the same, simple switch used for buttons and joysticks.  A "common" connector, and both NO and NC connectors.  You can send ground through it, or whatever your console is expecting via the joystick.  Just extend the wires down, which you were already doing in your drawing.

Oh ok i didnt realise it was as simple as that.

Im not sure how familiar you are with hacking a dreamcast pad but are you saying that its exactly the same as adding a button. e.g wire to the switch and a daisychain to ground.

[BobA]

Here is a tread on how to hack a dreamcast gamepad.

Link to Hack