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Connectors for swappable CP's
Lilwolf:
btw, I was planning on selling 10 position tac switches somewhat similar to the ones above (http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=1213&prmenbr=361)
I have 40 connections on my cabinet right now using them and they work great.
Carsten Carlos:
I use a internal 50pins SCSI-centronics-style cable and it works perfect for over 2 years now -never would use anything else! They are cheap and easy to get. On the cab itself is a SCSI-cable just screwed underneath the place for the controlpanel.
Though I did some soldering and a little pcb to connect thicker cables for the joysticks and buttons:
tivogre:
--- Quote from: Setabs on May 20, 2005, 12:40:27 pm ---Tivogre:
How flexable is the CAB012 wire that u used? Compared to say a nintendo or playstation controller. Or is it stiffer like a parallel cable?
Also, I like the detail you put into your wiring I bet you spent a good time making it look that good.
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It's somewhere in between playstation controller and parallel cable. Pretty easily routable.
crsdawg:
i just used centronics cables. no muss no fuss. just cut one in half(or wherever) and wire it up. no need to put any wires on the connector itself, all the wires are also color coded which makes getting your connections a snap.
if you mount the encoder side connector you can disconnect and reconnect the cp with only one hand.
the cables are dirt cheap to boot. i got mine for $2.00 each(6ft length i believe).
releasedtruth:
I have some random cables laying around, SCSI and parallel as well. Would I need more than 25 pin if It was a 2 player, 6 button setup on one panel and a spinner/track/(2)4-way joy/buttons on the other?