360

[dave 1945]

OK this has probably be asked by allot of newbies but i feel in love p360s along time ago, at the mo im making a control panel. I what it to last me a long time and have the best controls as I'll be taking it to school for our LAN party's (and play some retro games) i now where to get the 5 volts from (I'm using an ipac) but first i need to know where ground it to and second will the  ipac take the strain (i will most probably use the usb type)

Thanks for listening to me ramble 

[dave 1945]

is this what it would look like

swithch gnd and volts around

[NoOne=NBA=]

Since nobody else is answering this, I'd suggest you contact Andy at Ultimarc.
He'd be the one to know for sure how much power the I-pac can supply.

If I were doing the project myself, I'd play it safe, and pull the power directly from the computer's power supply.
You could build a nice disconnect in one of your PCI covers that would allow you to unhook the power cable without getting inside the computer case.

[paigeoliver]

I have two of those suckers hooked up to a the +5 on a keywhiz and it is fine. It isn't the ENCODER providing the +5 anyway, the +5 on the encoder is just a direct line to the +5 from the keyboard port.

[rdagger]

I'm running 3 P360's, 3 volcano buttons and a rotary interface off of a single IPAC with no problems.   However, my USB IPAC is plugged  into a self-powered hub that can easily support 7 devices drawing the maximum allowed amount of power defined by USB specification.    I wouldn't worry about the IPAC.  I'd be more concerned about damaging the motherboard if you hook up too many items on a single port.

Also the P360 pins are high at rest and go to ground when the stick is moved.  Therefore, if you use a different power source you need to make sure that it shares a common ground with the encoder and that the voltage is matched.