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Tornado Spinner- How to wire it up to USB
NuclearWarren:
Thats the way, the price is right!
PL1:
--- Quote from: tommyinajar on September 08, 2023, 07:14:35 pm ---Hey, will a Ultimarc spintrac work ok, right?
https://www.arcaderenovations.com/ultimarc-spintrak-usb-kit.html#262
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Yes. That encoder will work.
Pinout info from the Ultimarc SpinTrak page:
--- Quote ---Connection to Opti-PAC
For Opti-PAC connection, the 4-pin connector fitted to the device must be cut off and the wires stripped back. They are connected as follows:
Brown +5Volts
Yellow X1
Green X2
White GND
Connecting Mouse Buttons
Mouse buttons are connected to 3 pins on the header as shown in the picture below.
The COM connection of both switches should be connected to COM and the normally-open connection of each switch to the LEFT or RIGHT pin.
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The bad news is that the pins are in a different order.
The good news is that it's easy to pull the pins out of the Dupont housing to change them around.
- If you have a 1x4 Dupont housing, you might want to use it.
- You may also want to flag both ends of the 5v line so you don't install the cable backward.
Scott
tommyinajar:
$7 shipping, same as eBay-
If anyone wants more encoder info here, I'll assume it's accurate.
https://www.instructables.com/Arcade-Spinner/