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Connectors for swappable control panels
Sasquatch!:
Nobody's using molex connectors? I was thinking about using them, but I'm not sure which size to get and where to buy them.
zzsprade:
Can anyone think of an idea of how to have swappable control pannels that are attached by connecting the new control pannel onto a rail and sliding it into place, so that the connector on the back of the new control pannel lines up with the conencter on the arcade cabinet that would connect to the encoder. By pushing it up along the rail it would push the two connectors together, as they would be alligned.
Ie. something that looks neat that has no cable (That was so much simpler)
Any ideas?
-Alex
TheTick:
--- Quote from: Sasquatch! on May 29, 2003, 01:44:42 am ---Nobody's using molex connectors? I was thinking about using them, but I'm not sure which size to get and where to buy them.
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PartsExpress has them for special order.
TheRealBobRoberts has them instock. I just placed an order for the .062 Plug & receptacle 15 pos. I'm building swappable control panels... on of which supports four players. Each player connected to the Ipac4 has their own molex connector. 4-way, 8 buttons, coin, start, ground. Won't be using all the connections but it keeps it modular.
Hoe:
--- Quote from: zzsprade on May 29, 2003, 06:18:07 am ---Can anyone think of an idea of how to have swappable control pannels that are attached by connecting the new control pannel onto a rail and sliding it into place, so that the connector on the back of the new control pannel lines up with the conencter on the arcade cabinet that would connect to the encoder. By pushing it up along the rail it would push the two connectors together, as they would be alligned.
Ie. something that looks neat that has no cable (That was so much simpler)
Any ideas?
-Alex
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You masy be able to get away with finger boards and connectors for them... they'd be like big nes carts :P
bigmoe:
You guys are great!
I am putting some thought into this problem, too. Since my lack of electronics knowledge is dwarfed only by my lack of woodworking knowledge (well, there may be a few other knowledge-vacuum areas, like "attractive cooking using eggplant" ;) ... but fortunately, eggplant isn't a MAME prereq, at least as far as *I* know...), I'm happy to soak up whatever y'all leave laying out.
Brad Lee: Nice pics. Thanks! Any hints on where you bought those rj-21's?
paigeoliver, Civilian et al: Can you fill me (us?) in more on the edge-connector option? Do you cover them like DBs? Do you use two females, one on the cp & one on the panel, then connect them with a strip of wiring that has male connectors on both ends? Very interesting...
bm