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| Kaytrim:
The smallest mini-stick I have seen is about 2" in height. There is just enough room for the stock JLF stick. Most are a little taller by 1/2" to 1" so there is a little room to play with. Is the shaft too thin for a right angle mini plug in the bottom? TTFN Kaytrim |
| Cornchip:
The solution using the right angle 2.5 would need a good 1.5 inches below the snap ring groove. That's just a guess. The parts are cheap...but are tough to find online without paying a fortune on shipping. Also the mono-stereo jack would limit the design to a single color LED....no RGB like the TFH. I'll look into it further if I can find them locally. |
| DrumAnBass:
Wow, nice work Cornchip! Very cool! |
| Cornchip:
Got back to this today seeing that others might be interested (you saw it here first). The second revision uses a Slikstik style audio jack at 90 degrees to save on a little space in restricted panels. I won't say that it saved tons of space....just that it is absolutely as short as it can get. That measurement is 2.875 measured from the top surface of the mounting plate. That is probably more than some here might want to see. I don't believe the Sanwa LED will be much different (when they show that is) as far as overall length. It will be interesting to see how they connect the power thru the shaft. I'm guessing something proprietary that only a large company can pull off. You can't beat OEM setups. So this second one is more work as far as assembly time. So much in so little space makes soldering a challenge. I'm not sure it is something a novice might wish to tackle. It would be difficult to guarantee a working product with poor assembly on the users end. Other than that is finished. Cornchip. |
| Kaytrim:
For the Mini Stick market these would be a hard sell. The main goal in these are to make them as short as possible, thus the 2" I mentioned above. If you are going to have the RGB LEDs then you will need Randy's interface boards and a PC. Otherwise a driver board would need to be designed with a voltage input of 3-5v. This is due to the fact that the pad hacks used for most mini sticks are for gaming consoles, ie Playstation and XBox. IMHO a single color LED would be ideal for this application. I like the look of your batltops better than what Sanwa has produced. TTFN Kaytrim |
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