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Rotating monitor construction *Project finished*
danny_galaga:
far out! good work. too technical for me. i really thought id want to have software rotate my monitor, but i think ill stick to my on-on toggle for now ;D
weisshaupt:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on June 01, 2008, 01:54:27 am ---
far out! good work. too technical for me. i really thought id want to have software rotate my monitor, but i think ill stick to my on-on toggle for now ;D
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Actually the programtic stuff that I and DaOldMan have done was the hard part.. All you would need to do is add the bits and pieces to get a +5V (almost no amp) signal to activate your switch... A single transistor system should be enough to buffer that for a relay, and most h-bridges should accept that as a logic signal...
And of course, those of us who have done it are happy to help out... I can't tell you how cool it is for this to happen automatically..
danny_galaga:
actually, my motor is small enough that i can use a power transistor. two. but on the software side, i had trouble setting up mame32 when i first tried mame! so i suspect id be pulling my hair out...
weisshaupt:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on June 02, 2008, 05:41:03 am ---
actually, my motor is small enough that i can use a power transistor. two. but on the software side, i had trouble setting up mame32 when i first tried mame! so i suspect id be pulling my hair out...
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You may want to look into using Mala.. its pretty easy to set up and either mine or DaOldMan's/Loadmans plugin do all of the hard stuff for you. All you have to do is wire up 2 pins from your pallallel port (don't have one, PCI cards are $10) to your power transistors and the thing should just work...
DaOld Man:
You will also need to wire the limit switches to the parallel port (2 more pins).
You have 8 outputs and 5 inputs available, so there are many options you can do.
If you are thinking of doing this (which sounds to me like you are not), I would suggest you read this thread and the others about rotating monitors all the way through.
Good luck, and like Weisshaupt said, if you need help, feel free to ask.
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