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Ginsu Victim:

I've never read about any USB issues. U360s are awesome. The wiring is simple. For the joystick, run the usb to your computer. Easy enough. For the buttons, the U360 has a nine pin header. Purchase the wire harness and run the ground to all of the buttons for that player's stick, then run each individual input wire to the buttons one at a time.

You can purchase them direct from www.Ultimarc.com (UK) or you can talk to divemaster127 (USA) via PM. Check out his thread. He is a reputable vendor.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=47066.0

z:

Echoing what the others above have said, skip the keyboard hack if at all possible.  What money you save in skipping an encoder may be lost in time if you need to do any troubleshooting.  If you want straightforward wiring it doesn't get much better than working with an encoder that has terminals already labeled for mame functions.

I can't comment on the U360s since I don't have them but I have had nothing but good buying experiences with Ultimarc, Groovy Game Gear and divemaster127.  If the parts are in stock all three usually get the package to my doorstep in 4 working days or less (yes, even Ultimarc shipping from England).

Welcome to a great addiction/hobby, it starts with one purchase and grows from there :)

Ginsu Victim:

I've gotten packages from the UK to Oklahoma in two days from Ultimarc! Outstanding shipping!

Harbringer:

What do you guys think about this?



He basically takes 2 old usb gamepads and connects the buttons to those... Although I probably would not buy it from the site he mentioned, it looks like a very economical way to go,... Whats everyone's thoughts on this? Also can someone point me to where i can get the "quick connects" he uses on the microswitches?

 :notworthy: Thanks for your input!

-Harbringer

danny_galaga:


--- Quote from: Harbringer on June 09, 2009, 03:34:45 am ---What do you guys think about this?



He basically takes 2 old usb gamepads and connects the buttons to those... Although I probably would not buy it from the site he mentioned, it looks like a very economical way to go,... Whats everyone's thoughts on this? Also can someone point me to where i can get the "quick connects" he uses on the microswitches?

 :notworthy: Thanks for your input!

-Harbringer

--- End quote ---

Hacking a gamepad is certainly a lot less work than hacking a keyboard. I've hacked a Logitech for a project (that i havent quite finished  :-[) and it went pretty smoothly. Great idea on drilling the holes on the tracks. I SOLDERED (as opposed to SODDERED, i thought only Christopher Walken talks like that!) straight on to the tracks, but then had to glue down the wires so they didnt pull the tracks off.

But if you don't have some old gamepads lying around, RandyT sells a budget keyboard emulator that works fine, and will probably cost less than two gamepads...

And I hope you try harder than that guy did with his contact paper...

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