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Rossman:
I'm trying to make a multi coloured LED, USB 4 player control panel, with trackball, buttons, and joysticks all being lit up. I'm trying to find the best parts, both for quality and LED capabilities. I'm a big Street Fighter player, so it needs to be high quality shiznit.

So far I've found the 32-port LED-Wiz controller, of which I think I'll need two for the amount of things that are being lit, the electric ice e-switch with RGB drive for the buttons, and the electric ice t for the trackball. All from groovygamegear.com

From this I'm thinking I'm going to have 3 USB cords coming out the back of the controller, is this correct?
Also, I cannot find a joystick that is Street Fighter quality with LEDs.
Lastly, would I need any other parts? Does the LED-Wiz substitute for the other controllers, or will I need one of them as well?

Thanks!
BobA:
The LED Wiz is an output controller.    You will still need an input controller such as a key wiz or gp wiz and a controller for your trackball unless you buy one that has one built in.  Sorry do not know a source for your lighted joystick.  You search the board as I think this topic has been covered a few times.

Edit: the Ice T trackball has an optiwiz built in so no TB interface is needed.
arzoo:
A 4 player cp with all RGB buttons will likely need 3 LEDWiz controllers; each can handle 10 RGBs.
Rossman:
Thanks guys. So the list is as follows:

32-port LED-Wiz output controller x 3
Electric Ice w/ RGB Drive and E-Switch buttons
Electric Ice T Trackball
some input controller... not sure... is I-Pac an input controller? The LED add on confuses me...
a joystick with LED capabilities, not sure...

Nothing else other than the arcade?
arzoo:
The LEDWiz only controls the signals to the LEDs. You'll also need a keyboard encoder - the I-Pac4 is a good choice for a 4 player cp. So for the EE buttons, you wire the 4 leads from the LED RGB drive to the LEDWiz and the 2 wires from the button switch to the I-Pac.

As for lighting up the joysticks - you have limited options and it may be better to base your decision on the stick functionality rather than if it can light up or not. For example, many like the u360 - but there's currently no production version that can light up.
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