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duerra:

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--- Quote from: silvesterus on May 15, 2018, 04:24:59 am ---Hello

First time user here. In februar I decided to build by own arcade control panel. Here is my first attempt to build it.

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I really like this, and have been thinking about something similar.  I like the idea of being able to move the control panel around independently of a standalone stand-up arcade given my circumstances (and for practice).

I have a couple questions -
What are the buttons on the front?
Can you speak to the built-in speakers?
Is this wireless? 

Very nice work.

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Buttons on the front are actually speaker amplifier. I control speaker with it.
Currently I am using raspberry pi 3 as an engine for arcade control. I made it in such a way, that I can use it also to control external PC if needed. In the back I have a switch which controls
what my internal USB hub controls. In the back I have a connector for external USB which can be connected to the PC. If i want independent behaviour then I just switch in the back to control
internal raspberry pi.

Control panel is stored in a special place in the living room, when not in use.

I use internal speaker exclusively as even that HDMI audio is an option. I just prefer it more and i have control over loudness at the tip of the finger.

Also I made a separate stand for external monitor. At my work i got an old (broken !!!!) monitor. I found out, that only control panel was broken so I ordered control panel for monitor panel from China and made
enclosure for the panel so everything is now wood. It really looks cool and I use it when my main 55 inch TV is not available. This is also the reason I built in the speakers as monitor did not have any
audio capabilities.

For network capabilities I currently use network cable, which is connected in the back in special passthrough network connector. I probably could use wireless capabilities of the raspberry pi, but I did not try this feature.

In the future I will replace raspberry pi with more powerful mini PC. Currently I have my eyes set to HADES CANYON NUC from intel, as its measurement fit perfectly for the space I have inside arcade control panel.
Arcade control panel can be opened from the front and is using some magnets to keep it shut. I made special handles for carrying control panel around the house.

The whole control panel took me about 3 month. I did everything from woodworking to installation and programming. I am just geek about this things. If you look at the picture you could see control panel sitting on little
coffee table which I made and is made from the same material I used for control panel. Unfortunately I did not do any documentation about process of building this stuff, but I am open to discuss it.

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I'm in awe and I think yours is a template I'd like to follow.  Do you have more pictures that you can post from other angles and inside?  This is super impressive.

Randizzl:
Built mine to share with co-workers and add some fun to the work enviornment (I play enough games at home on my own...)
This was made probably ... 3ish years ago, and I'm finally deciding to post something about it.

Few bits of info:
iL on left, Sanwa on right from ParadiseArcade
Several parts from Andy at Ultimarc including the PCB, trackball, 4way stick, and spinner
Neutrik USB Passthroughs on front for connecting wired USB controllers, and USB Hub goes to another Neutrik that goes to the PC
Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 speakers
Monitor is on a two arm monitor mount that I removed the other monitor hing, did this to allow the monitor to be rotated for vertical games
XBox 360 wireless controllers for modern games that don't play well with joysticks

All going to a PC running Windows 7 with a highly customized, very manual Hyperspin using lots of AutoHotkey scripts
Curated Pulled together, sifted through, and selected for presentation (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/curated) the list of games down to about 2k games, to prevent tedioius list scrolling of games NO ONE will ever play...
Includes all the regulars like MAME and Retroarch stuff, and has Steam games as well



Mike A:

--- Quote ---Curated the list of games down to about 2k games
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:laugh2:

Randizzl:

--- Quote from: Mike A on September 06, 2018, 10:38:23 am ---
--- Quote ---Curated the list of games down to about 2k games
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:laugh2:

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This is worthy of a rolling on the floor laughing emoji because...?

Mike A:
Your definition of curated amuses me.

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