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rdagger:
Are there any free plans available to build rotary joystick interfaces to allow LS-30's to work with encoders?  I know Druin sells one, but I wanted to make my own.  Does anyone have any close up pictures of rotary interfaces?

See below for my completed interface
u_rebelscum:
Doesn't Druin post his plans (or do you have to buy it)?  AFAIU, it's a fairly simple circuit, if you understand electronic circuits.

Me, a software man, added some direct LS-30 support to mameAnalog+ (see sig).  Only works with game that actually used 8way joystick - 12way rotary controllers like the LS-30.  (With the druin/mk64, you can also play spinner, optical rotary, and some 8way rotary games.)

To use the analog+ stuff, though, you need 12 inputs, such as 12 keys or 12 buttons, per rotary, in addition to the normal 4 for the joystick part.
b3atmania:

--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on December 13, 2003, 06:48:57 am ---Me, a software man, added some direct LS-30 support to mameAnalog+ (see sig).  Only works with game that actually used 8way joystick - 12way rotary controllers like the LS-30.  
To use the analog+ stuff, though, you need 12 inputs, such as 12 keys or 12 buttons, per rotary, in addition to the normal 4 for the joystick part.

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Interesting. Does the mameAnalog+ software solution work with the 4-player I-Pac interface?
rdagger:
I don't think I can spare 24 inputs on the IPAC for my 2 LS-30's.

Thanks, I found the drawings.  I wrote the software for the microprocessor today.  Now, I just have to build a programmer.
u_rebelscum:

--- Quote from: b3atmania on December 13, 2003, 05:12:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on December 13, 2003, 06:48:57 am ---Me, a software man, added some direct LS-30 support to mameAnalog+ (see sig).  Only works with game that actually used 8way joystick - 12way rotary controllers like the LS-30.  
To use the analog+ stuff, though, you need 12 inputs, such as 12 keys or 12 buttons, per rotary, in addition to the normal 4 for the joystick part.

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Interesting. Does the mameAnalog+ software solution work with the 4-player I-Pac interface?

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Yes.  Use the ctrlr ini files to remap; there is no default inputs for all the directions (aka digital input, aka button).
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