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MaxRod:

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--- Quote from: MaxRod on January 09, 2017, 02:33:00 pm ---From what i understand the Kade softare is still available and is open source but the add-on boards are no longer available, correct?

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All encoders and the DIY kit currently show up as out-of-stock at the North American KADE Store.

I'm not sure if that is because the KADE team is out of Minimus boards, they are focusing on making cables and shipping the miniConsole+, or some combination of these and other factors. :dunno

The person to PM about this is Sharpfork (Kevin) since he runs the KADE Store.

--- Quote from: MaxRod on January 09, 2017, 02:33:00 pm ---Does any group or person make an aftermarket version of the board?

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A combination of relatively low sales-volume and the high per-unit cost of doing a small production run makes it difficult for a vendor to break even, especially when you don't need the breakout board.

You can solder to the Minimus through-holes . . .

. . . or use 2.54mm screw-terminals.

I've only heard of two third-party KADE-related boards.

1. Silverfox0786 designed and built some KADE compatible rotary joystick adapter boards here.

2. Nitz76 made a knockoff version of the KADE miniArcade here that doesn't use a Minimus board.

--- Quote from: MaxRod on January 09, 2017, 02:33:00 pm ---What is a reasonable price that you would consider for the minimus these days? I know they originally went for $30USD and gradually went down before they pulled them.

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As with anything, reasonable is in the eye of the beholder. >:D
- At $30 I don't think you'll get any takers. There are far less expensive AVRs if you want to "roll your own" and for a few bucks more you can get a fully assembled plug-and-play encoder.
- At $20 you might get a few.
- At $15 you'll get more.
- At $10 it would be a pretty good deal.
- At $5 it would be a great deal.

I'm not an AVR vendor, but I suspect that the pricing sweet-spot would be somewhere in the $6-$12 range + shipping.

Scott

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Missed this one.

Silverfox0786's board looks really really good. I'd love to get one of those. Would be 100 times better with a little more space on the baord for screw holes and using mini screw terminals. This way it would still be small enough to be used even in the smallest of projects. Nitz76's board is just a little too expensive IMO. The price is heading towards ipac territory.

I just got a response from the TX head. He's on vacation with his kids so we will get together and explore the possibility of another run soon but he says even the academia guys are requesting them less and less as other stronger AVRs hit the market. My idea was to squeeze a batch in the academic/maker space group orders. Still holding out hope.

I do have a bag full of them here. I know two other former TX team mates that have stashes too. If we can get these out, that would be good.

PL1:

--- Quote from: MaxRod on January 09, 2017, 06:56:25 pm ---Silverfox0786's board looks really really good. I'd love to get one of those. Would be 100 times better with a little more space on the baord for screw holes and using mini screw terminals. This way it would still be small enough to be used even in the smallest of projects.

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Silverfox0786's boards are specially designed for plug-and-play use with rotary joysticks like the LS-30 (Ikari Warriors) or the HAPP mechanical rotary stick.

Scott

MaxRod:
yes i know what a rotary stick is. I have fond memories of ikari warriors in the arcades. I just opted to go with a basic setup for now. The bartop kit i bought from ebay was very disappointing. Had i known it was this basic i would have just made something myself. Been thinking about making a basic with the same shape about 4 or 5 feet tall.

Last night i had some small talk with another former TX member who does know about the kade. Lots of them are old sceners and anyone that knows about them knows they are very cynical. He has a box of them and he owes me a favor. I made it very clear that if he doesn't intent to use them that I fully expect them shipped to my door soon.

I set up my 2p controls on my bartop and I'm having a little bit of problems. Using the extended mode the 2nd player controls go crazy once you hit any of the following buttons first 1p start, 1p coin, 2p start, 2p coin and exit. Maybe i wired it up wrong? From what i can tell i did everything right. ???

PL1:

--- Quote from: MaxRod on January 10, 2017, 12:16:01 pm ---Using the extended mode the 2nd player controls go crazy once you hit any of the following buttons first 1p start, 1p coin, 2p start, 2p coin and exit. Maybe i wired it up wrong?

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In Loader there is a keyboard utility.

Press P1 Joystick Up, then P1 Joystick Down, then P1 Start -- the utility should register three keystrokes in the "Key (Code)" column:
- Up (38)
- Down (40)
- 1 (49)

When you test the start/coin/exit functons this way, what is the keyboard utility registering?

Can you be more specific about what P2 controls are doing? (additional keystrokes? dropped keystrokes?)

Scott

MaxRod:
looks like the kade site has been hacked. Has lots of links to ms, linkedin and other phishing logins.

whoever runs the site: If you want to switch hosts, let me know.

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