Hello all, first post.
I'm a handy guy, and do a lot of DIY electronics projects. While I'm planning a larger arcade clone build at some point, most of my arcade or classic console stuff takes place on a Raspberry Pi 3 on a small 13" CRT. I really like the setup, but I really hate mapping Neo Geo arcade controls to a SNES or Playstation type controller, so I decided to take a USB Nintendo 64 controller I never use and chop it up to be the brain in a miniature arcade control deck, with a few twists.
Principal changes-
Purple instead of red overlay- I happen to like purple so decided to have a little fun.
Compact size for single player use. To fit this I am using 16mm buttons, and found some on Amazon that have worked well for other projects for me in the past.
four individual buttons to simulate a D-pad layout, rather than an arcade stick. (my son does not like arcade sticks)
two extra buttons on the sides of the panel so I can do Gamenoy Advance or Super Nintendo with the controller as well.
Just attached a few pics of the panel art I am using, and of the buttons I choose. Also included an example of what my panel will look like fairly close when done from this thread-
https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,120322.0.htmlI laid out the buttons by hand last night to make up the D-pad layout on some 1/2" plywood, and will likely begin on drilling out the holes and countersinking the rear of the panel tomorrow. I was able to print out a few copies of the overlay that I adapted from the linked thread that should work great when scaled to the length of a standard 8 1/2 x 11" piece of paper- making the overlay/template come out to 10 7/16 x 4 1/4".
That's all for now, hopefully I'll take some progress pictures later tonight or tomorrow afternoon- I am still in the early stages of it now.