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cb951303:
Hello everyone,
Unfortunately there are no arcade shops in my country but a little bit interwebz search brought me to these "industrial pushbuttons" which are accessible to me. I'm particularly interested in the ones titled as "Ø30 Çıkık Kafa Yaylı Buton, NO+NC-6A/250VAC".
I would really appreciate it if someone could just tell me if they are the right ones.
AFAIK "NO + NC" means "normally open/closed".
Also why are there 4 lugs instead of 3? 2 of them are ground maybe?
Thank you.
severdhed:
i don't have any experience with these buttons, but if i had to guess, i'd say they would probably be too stiff to use for controls. they may work OK for admin type functions, but i just can't imagine that they would be usable as gameplay buttons.
are you planning on building a mame cabinet? or modifying an existing cabinet? if so, assuming that there are no arcade shops in your country, what are you going to use for joysticks? how about a control interface? my point is, you are probably going to have to order other parts also, which may mean you have to order from outside your country.
cb951303:
--- Quote from: severdhed on September 11, 2009, 01:13:46 pm ---i don't have any experience with these buttons, but if i had to guess, i'd say they would probably be too stiff to use for controls. they may work OK for admin type functions, but i just can't imagine that they would be usable as gameplay buttons.
are you planning on building a mame cabinet? or modifying an existing cabinet? if so, assuming that there are no arcade shops in your country, what are you going to use for joysticks? how about a control interface? my point is, you are probably going to have to order other parts also, which may mean you have to order from outside your country.
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I'm willing to build a bartop from scratch. I'm on planning phase.
You have a valid point. up until now, I was considering an industrial joystick which is manufactured in my country (http://www.araselektrik.com.tr/products/resim/cm101dj20.jpg) but it turns out it's only 4-way so I'll have to order overseas and throw a lot of money to shipping :/
Thank you
drventure:
Yeah, those buttons are likely way too stiff.
I'd plan out what you need and try to make one order. You can usually get a break on skipping costs the more you bundle into a single order.
But that joystick does look cool!
severdhed:
--- Quote from: drventure on September 11, 2009, 02:18:49 pm ---Yeah, those buttons are likely way too stiff.
I'd plan out what you need and try to make one order. You can usually get a break on skipping costs the more you bundle into a single order.
But that joystick does look cool!
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i agree..try to plan well, and make sure you can find everything you need at one shop, and make one order. I dont know where you are located, or what kind of exchange rates you are looking at, or even how much those components would cost you. but for instance, looking around on some other sites in the US..industrial type pushbuttons similar to the ones you posted are much, much more expensive then arcade pushbuttons. (happ arcade buttons can be had for less than $2 each. looking at industrial buttons, i'm seeing them going for $10 to $30 each).
that is a pretty big cost difference. looking at joysticks, i found one very similar to the one you posted, but it is nearly $200. a typical happ joystick is around $10.
so even though you may have to pay to get them shipped to you, you would probably still come in way lower on cost. (unless of course prices are alot different than they are here)