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| Xiaou2:
I put this idea out for Pinball, and someone took it and ran... However.. for buttons, this isnt a great idea. Micros go bad. In the arcade, I was replacing them left and right. Please spill stuff. How does your board handle a soda spill? Hows cleanup on that going to go? 1) De-solder every button... 2) Toss Ipacs out, as they are now toasted. 3) Possibly toss custom board out, if theres anything besides traces on it. 4) Take apart all buttons and clean + clean spring. 5) Re-assemble all buttons 6) Order new ipacs $$$ 7) Solder ever part, and every button back in place 8 ) Take revenge with dull butterknife, on drink spiller and person who created said PCB... :P Its probably far more effective to have someone create custom harnesses en-mass. |
| pbj:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on April 29, 2014, 01:26:34 pm ---I put this idea out for Pinball, and someone took it and ran... --- End quote --- You put that idea out in the 70s? Because that's when it started being done..... --- Quote --- Its probably far more effective to have someone create custom harnesses en-mass. --- End quote --- It looks neat, but you'd need a substantial market of people that wanted the same exact control panel. Maybe you could pitch the idea to the X-arcade people? |
| Xiaou2:
--- Quote ---You put that idea out in the 70s? Because that's when it started being done..... --- End quote --- The idea was to make the entire playfield a giant PCB... rather than multiple individuals connected by 2 miles of spaghetti. --- Quote ---It looks neat, but you'd need a substantial market of people that wanted the same exact control panel. Maybe you could pitch the idea to the X-arcade people? --- End quote --- Besides the major flaws listed, I personally cant stand curved layouts. Not to mention, a personal CP will want customization. Thats completely a non option, even in the future, if the board is soldered together.. as most wont want to attempt to unsolder that mess, and rebuild when they outgrow their 'beginner panels'. |
| surface tension:
If there's a huge soda spill on the panel, then the only extra thing to do would be to unsolder the switches. Minor in the grand scheme of your scenario. The PCB has no active components. If the MiniPAC does fry, then it would have fried regardless. |
| ark_ader:
--- Quote from: pbj on April 28, 2014, 01:59:01 pm ---Ultimarc totally has something like this coming out just as soon as you start selling your product. :lol --- End quote --- :applaud: |
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