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JDShaffer:

Glad to be part of the discussion.  I am going to send Kevin an email later.  I think the AC350 works great.  I spent a lot of time on it, especially on the rotary code,  but I would love to get the input of someone that has experience with so many different encoders.  I do think I have more options then most, PS/2 and USB, 16 of the 60 inputs accepting 2 wire switches or 1 wire optical and of course the built-on rotary controller.  However I do realize that the unit being non-mappable will be a draw back. (Hope that a little bragging was ok)
But if nothing else, testing has been a blast.

Timoe:

What does he mean by 1 -wire optical?


Like you can hook up your track ball and your mouse?

JDShaffer:

What I meant by that was that besides the 2 wire mechanical switches, the unit  also has 16 inputs (enough for 4 joysticks) that will also accept the 1 wire signal that is used by optical joysticks such as the HAPP Perfect 360 that only has 1 wire for each direction, up, down right and left.  There are also 4 power headers on the board to supply 5v and ground to the optical joysticks.  I hope that clears up what I meant.
Jeremy

Timoe:

Oh, very cool.

KevSteele:

James pointed out this thread to me - I'd certainly be willing to make arrangements for a RetroBlast review, although after the last encoder-testing blunder on my part I suspect I'll have someone else do the actual review. (I haven't had as much time for reviews lately as I'd like, for some reason!)

Like others said here, Tiger-Heli is also a good choice.

It looks like a promising design, and it's great to see new products like this coming out!

Kevin

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