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Jakobud:

Thanks for answering the questions, RandyT.  I think what you said about automatically assigning GP-Wiz names/id's when multiple are plugged in is just fine.

Now, I have one idea for you that perhaps you should consider...  How about offering a version of the GP-Wiz that doesn't have the USB connection on it? 

This reason I am thinking about this is so it would pretty much cut the heighth of the device in half, allowing one to imbed a GP-Wiz inside a control pad (like a NES, SNES, Genesis, TG16, etc).  All the user would do is solder the 4 USB wires in.

On a side note, this would make the device slightly cheaper and it would be less work for you.

Would be nice to have that option to create a real hard-wired device like this.  I'd probably end up just removing the USB connection on my own anyways if I tried this, but I'd thought I'd just throw out that suggestion to you.

Tiger-Heli:


--- Quote from: Jakobud on February 10, 2005, 02:51:13 pm ---Now, I have one idea for you that perhaps you should consider...  How about offering a version of the GP-Wiz that doesn't have the USB connection on it? 

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Just my 0.02, I see your point but I think there would be a VERY limited market for this.  And - anyone that would want to mount this in a controller and solder wires to it, will have the technical ability to desolder the connector as well.

tetsujin:

You're still going to have the combined height of the circuit board and the microcontroller, though...  I think you'd have a hard time fitting that into a console controller without cutting out part of the original board to make space.  (Especially for small ones like NES).  Counting the height of the chip above and the chip's pins below the board, it's probably going to be around 6mm in height.

What would really be useful for that kind of conversion would be a similar encoder made with surface-mount components.  Between the surface-mount and reducing the number of inputs to save space, one could probably come up with an encoder board small enough to fit in almost any standard controller housing without removing the original board.

RandyT:

Thanks for the suggestions/observations.

It could very well be 6mm, but I'll take a measurement of the height of the unit without a connector this evening and edit this post with the info.

Tiger-Heli is right in that the market for this would probably be pretty limited, but I don't mind special versions for those who need them in a certain configuration. 

Which brings me to another point.  If there's a product we manufacture and you want a small change like this, please feel free to discuss it with me in an email.  If it's just a matter of us doing something a little differently, or as in this case not doing something at all,  we won't have any problem accomodating your wishes.  It may spare you the cost of the part and some work on your end.

If there are sufficient quantities involved, custom chip labels and device names in the Gaming Controls dialogue are also no problem. 

We aim to please ;)

RandyT

Hoagie_one:

speaking of special orders...

where's our 4way\8way\49way\q-bert\analog\digital switchable with a machanical \ optical switchable rotary control and multiple button topfire with a thumb accesable trackball on the handle with adjustable throw and spring tension balltop?

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