Your question is a lot more complicated than the earlier posts in this thread. (on/off LED quiz-buttons vs. always-on button LEDs)
You may want to start a new thread to further explore your quiz-button build idea.
I'm wanting to make a game show buzzer circuit which only allows the first buzzer hit to light up. Would this circuit board be suitable?
By itself, the ZD Encoder is only a USB HID gamepad encoder.
You will need additional circuitry (and possibly software/firmware) for lockout and on/off LEDs.
I have a feeling the lockout functionality is controlled by the software, such as Game Show Presenter.
You are correct.
I was hoping to follow this tutorial but the LED's don't light up -
The maker of that . . . tutorial . . . does not appear to be
anywhere close to the level of expertise and knowledge required to add indicator LEDs.
Any ideas how I would make this setup using those arcade buttons?
Those buttons are just a microswitch and an LED -- they'll work with any quiz-button setup that supports/controls LEDs.
Several questions to clarify what you want accomplish and which aproach will let you reach that goal:
1. Do you want to make a standalone quiz button/LED/lockout system (easy)
or do you want to make a quiz button/LED/lockout system that sends a keystroke/button press to software/game(s)? (much more complicated)
2. If you want to send a keystroke/button press, what software/game(s) do you want to use it with?
- Be specific and list
all of them. Choosing the correct approach depends
entirely on the answer to this question.
3. Does the software/game(s) have the lockout function built-in? (It should.)
4. Does the software/game(s) have an output system that LEDBlinky or MAMEhooker can translate into LED controller commands? (If so, the project will be much easier.
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Scott