Is there a single control board that can do all of this?

[bollwerk]

I am thinking about building (or having built, more accurately) a single player control panel with the following items:
Happ mechanical rotary joystick on left
8-way "flight stick" with trigger and thumb buttons on the right
buttons in the middle
push/pull spinner somewhere between the joysticks

I realize I can use 2-3 control boards (such as ultimarc's ipac2 and rotary interface - not sure if a push/pull spinner is fully supported by the ipac2 though).
However, since this is a controller that will sit on my lap and be connected to a RPi3 across the room, a single USB cable would be ideal.
Is there any single control board that can do all this, or will I just have to deal with having more than 1 cable? (or use a powered usb hub inside the controller, but that means 2 wires minimum anyway)

Thanks.

[PL1]

First step is to list each type of input for all of the desired controls:

Happ mechanical rotary joystick
- 4 microswitch inputs
- rotary encoder inputs

8-way "flight stick" with trigger and thumb buttons
- 6 or 7 microswitch inputs

buttons (6 player buttons + Coin + Start + Exit + Pause?)
- 10 microswitch inputs

push/pull spinner
- 2 microswitch inputs for push/pull
- 5v, ground, and 2 data lines for the spinner
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Totals:

23 microswitch inputs
1 set of optical inputs
1 set of rotary inputs
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If you want a single encoder board that can handle all of those inputs, check out the Ultimarc U-HID.

There is an "App Note AN1001" PDF mentioned here and in the U-HID manual that is supposed to show how to connect the rotary joystick inputs, but the link is 404.   
(Just PM'd Andy to let him know that link is broken)

Another option is to use two encoders and an un-powered hub.

  Rotary and microswitch inputs:
- A Leonardo Micro Arduino running the KADE miniArcade 2.0 firmware (configure as a keyboard-style encoder)
- GGG GP-Wiz40 (gamepad-style encoder)

  Optical inputs:
- A Leonardo Pro Micro Arduino running StefanBurger's Illuminated spinner firmware
- GGG Opti-Wiz

    or

Another possible two-encoder combination is an IPac for microswitches/optical and a Leonardo Pro Micro Arduino running the KADE miniArcade 2.0 firmware for rotary.

Regardless of the encoder(s)/hub you select, you can use a Neutrik NAUSB-W-B feedthru for single cable connection from the controller to the RasPi3.
- Turn the feedthru barrel so the A connector for the U-HID or hub is on the inside.
- That puts the B connector on the outside allowing you to use a single USB A-B cable to connect the controller to the RasPi3.




Scott

[AndyWarne]

There is an "App Note AN1001" PDF mentioned here and in the U-HID manual that is supposed to show how to connect the rotary joystick inputs, but the link is 404.   
(Just PM'd Andy to let him know that link is broken)

This is back up now, thanks.

[bollwerk]

Thanks SO much. Exactly what I was looking for.