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Help deciding what encoder(s) to use for my 4 player cabinet

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AndyWarne:


--- Quote from: ShadeValryn on October 14, 2014, 12:47:56 pm ---
--- Quote from: AndyWarne on October 13, 2014, 10:12:10 am ---If you are looking at LEDs as well, ONE I-PAC Ultimate I/O would cater for all your buttons. This, with the addition of the player 3,4 connection harness would include all wiring and support for 48 switches, and also support 96 LED channels.
http://www.ultimarc.com/ipacuio.html

48 inputs would support the buttons then the joysticks would connect to the U360s as you have already mentioned. The dedicated 4-way would connect in parallel to the other P1 stick.

If no LED support, two Mini-PACs would form an easy solution including wiring. Mount one on each side of the panel, to support the 2 players on the relevant side. In that configuration you could connect the joysticks to the Mini-PACs rather than to the U360s. You could also connect the trackball and spinner to one of the Mini-PACs if you wish.

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Could I hook up my regular LED pushbuttons in a daisy chain off of the 5V 1A output on the top of the board? Or would I have to get the special wiring harness?  It does seem strange that to use standard LEDs it seemingly requires more work -_-

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If you connect them in a daisy-chain you wont be able to control each LED individually. Most single-color LED pushbuttons, including ours, use 6.3mm push-on tags for the LEDs and we have pre-crimped wires for these.

ShadeValryn:

I'm not concerned with controlling them individually or doing any patterns or the like.  I just want them on XD

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