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SirPoonga:

--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on September 22, 2005, 02:11:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on September 22, 2005, 11:52:17 am ---Actually, it you wire it right you will only have 8 LEDs indicating directions available.
You'd need one output for 2way horizontal, 1 for 2 way vertical, 1 for 4way, 1 for 4way diagonals, 1 for 8way.  Then you'd wire those outputs to the appropiate LEDS.  It'd be like if you used more than one button for a single input on a keyboard encoder.

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Except Kangaroo - Don't remember if it's 3 or 5 - way, there isn't a down, though.  And controls.ini has it wrong also, AFAICT.

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Must be 5way as the mame driver indicates they used an 8way?  did they physically not allow down?
RandyT:

--- Quote from: Tommy Boy on September 22, 2005, 12:31:37 pm ---SirP, look at brandon's post again. He's right. It's 8 LED's on 3 inputs: 2H, 2V, 4D. 4W=2H+2V; 8W=2H+2V+4D.

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You are correct.


But I'd still consider using an extra one, making each input a set of opposing LED's, to get a cool "pinwheel" effect around the stick ;)

RandyT
Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: SirPoonga on September 22, 2005, 02:28:34 pm ---Must be 5way as the mame driver indicates they used an 8way?

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Nope, not the way I meant it - using cardinal directions -
NW - N - NE : 3 way
W - NW - N - NE - E : 5 -way.

Either uses diagonals, so either would be an 8-way stick (possibly restricted).

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My bad, just looked at the CP again.  They only don't use the downward diagonals, so it would be six way if it's restricted, but it probably isn't.

I'll go climb under my rock again now . . .
RandyT:
A quick update.

Firmware is 99.9% completed.  IE. nothing left but more testing.


Here's what I was able to accomplish:

USB port communication and power.

32 uniquely controllable outputs and up to about 500 Hi-Output LEDs per board (15+ per output, external power source required for this type of craziness :))

48 levels of intensity, individually assignable to each output  (after the hardware effects were added, I started to get flicker at 64.  So it was dropped back to 48, or 6-bit resolution)

Using RGB LEDs (common anode), theoretically 110,592 colors are possible.

Each individual output can be set to one of  the following hardware modes.  These modes are set by the computer, and after that the hardware handles them by itself.

1: Intensity
2: Sawtooth (gradual up and gradual down)
3: SquareWave (blink)
4: SawDown (full on, gradual down)
5: SawUp (gradual up, full on)

There is a global 7-level speed control for modes 2 through 5
 
The first release of the software will be basic.  Animation will follow, but for now it will just let you control all of the above through a couple of different means.

Hoping to have everything ready to go in a few days. ;)

RandyT

mahuti:
Now that you are down to the finish, can you tell us a bit more about the software, and options you are considering?

I have a couple of questions, about your current or future plans. 

1. Will the software accept command-line changes?

2. And do so invisibly (as an option, etc)

3. Will there be the ability to load different configurations on the fly?

hm... that's it for now.
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