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Author Topic: 8 way / 4 way control question  (Read 2215 times)

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Terry Han

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8 way / 4 way control question
« on: March 04, 2002, 04:12:37 am »
Ok, this is probably a stupid question, but I'm new to all this stuff:
I'm looking to use the Hagstrom KE72 for my project, but I need to know how many inputs an 8-way
joystick would use.
I'm assuming it's four, since MAME only has up, down, left and right as definable keys, but can someone confirm it for me?

Thanks very much.
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Re: 8 way / 4 way control question
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2002, 05:11:42 am »
The 8 way joystick does have 4 microswitches.  Left, Right, Up, and Down.  When the stick is moved to the diagonal two switches are pushed at the same time.

A 4 way joystick is designed so that it is not possible to activiate more than 1 switch at a time.

For both 4 way and 8 way joysticks you will need 4 inputs and a common ground
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