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markrvp:

--- Quote from: M3talhead on December 23, 2005, 04:51:17 pm ---If it helps, I've included pics from my arcade project when I was building it. Notice in the first pic that all the black wires (grounds) are chained. This is done by inserting 2 wires into a single terminal connector and repeating the process until you've formed a complete chain from the furthest control, to your iPac.



The second picture shows how the positive leads are routed in order to complete the circuit for each switch.



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But don't wire yours so neatly.  Doing so will "out" you as a sociopath.
Bones:

--- Quote from: menace on December 23, 2005, 01:26:30 pm ---I would recommend a couple of ground loops--that way if you have a bad connection you don't lose everything and its easier to track down the offending bad connection.

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I also used this approach and used a commoning block. I connected each series of joysticks & buttons to this block. refer bottom left hand corner.



M3talhead:
Notice 'Bones's use of erratic and unorganized wiring. Do you really want to be getting electrical advice from a person this ---fouled up beyond all recognition--- up?
Bones:

--- Quote from: M3talhead on December 23, 2005, 05:15:19 pm ---Notice 'Bones's use of erratic and unorganized wiring. Do you really want to be getting electrical advice from a person this ---fouled up beyond all recognition--- up?

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This is a difficult point to argue. You should listen to Metalhead.
RTSDaddy2:
I'll add two cents, though it's painfully obvious (I think), but I don't recall anyone having said this - and I think I read all posts here so far completely.

Following the ideas in the picture let me also suggest you use different color wire.  For example, I used black wire for my grounds, red wire on all the joystick connects to the IPAC, and green for the buttons.  That way if a button stops working, I check the green connectors first, then look at my grounds to make sure nothing's come loose.  It may sound nutty, but it does help.

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