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| Slippyblade:
I'd love to build a mini/micro but have some questions about the parts. Comp and screen are covered. Joystick used seems to be that tiny little Greyhill stick. Honestly that stick seems maybe *too* small for some builds, but a full size stick is obviously too big. Anybody know of a mid-sized stick? I'm willing to hack something if need be. Buttons... I've seen lots of little buttons, but they all seem to have for too heavy of a push force. I can't imagine rapid tapping of most of the small buttons I've found. Arcade buttons have a very low push resistance, are there little buttons with a light touch? I'd love to build a TMNT machine that was about 12-16" tall and appropriately scaled from the real machine. |
| 05SRT4:
Welcome aboard the Micro train. I am actually about to start another Micro build myself. I enjoyed using the common Greyhill stick but I too wish it was just a tab bit bigger. I recently got a 3d printer and have been trying to find some ideas on printing one. I actually found this little guy 5-way Navigation Switch (seriously size of a tact switch) on Ada fruit. I might try to print or build a joystick case around that. Its nice because it also has a switch when pressing down. This guy has a good starting point (for printing one) Mini Joystick You mentioned the Comp and screen are already covered, mind sharing the details? |
| Slippyblade:
I'm just gonna use a Pi and there are tons of screens in small sizes that will take a composite video signal. From 2" and up. I'm actually gonna scrape a the screen out of a little portable DVD player I have. Picked it up at Goodwill for $3 and it has a composite input plug already. Very little hacking needed. |
| 05SRT4:
On the MK build I did I kind of wished I used tactical switches instead of the buttons I picked up from radio shack. The ones I had were harder to press down, and didn't provide any feedback. Tactical switches have a nice click sound and feedback. Tactical switches your still going to need some force to press down. I haven't found any super small (spring loaded) buttons yet. I found these for my next build. Colorful Round Tactile Button Switch |
| Slippyblade:
Oh, those buttons are sexy! Love the MK build, do you have a video by chance? |
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