| Main > Main Forum |
| Recommendations on Arcade Cabinet Kits? |
| << < (6/14) > >> |
| DashRendar:
--- Quote from: shateredsoul on January 28, 2010, 11:39:03 am ---**edit** I forgot to ask.. so if I order the control panel (just the wood work) from northcoast aka mameroom, I'll have to solder right? I'm okay with learning to do this, it actually seems pretty interesting. Can anyone recommend a good soldering machine? Not the best of the best, but good and not something that's too cheap. --- End quote --- Getting a control panel kit doesn't affect soldering or not- what affects that is what you choose to get for controls. For my project, I'm using U360 sticks. These joysticks connect to the PC through USB cables. They have an additional (optional) cable that connects the buttons to the joystick. This particular setup requires me to crimp ends onto the button wires, which connect to the terminals on the buttons. So there's no soldering involved- just need a crimping tool. If you use a keyboard encoder (like an IPAC), I think they have screws that let you connect up the wires. If you are restoring a arcade instead of using MAME and a PC, I think that's when you would need to do some soldering. |
| shateredsoul:
Oh? Why would you need that wire to connect to the buttons? So when you crimp wires, you join the wires? Yeah I was thinking of getting the ipac so it looks like I can avoid soldering for now =). thanks for the info --- Quote from: DashRendar on January 28, 2010, 12:53:38 pm --- --- Quote from: shateredsoul on January 28, 2010, 11:39:03 am ---**edit** I forgot to ask.. so if I order the control panel (just the wood work) from northcoast aka mameroom, I'll have to solder right? I'm okay with learning to do this, it actually seems pretty interesting. Can anyone recommend a good soldering machine? Not the best of the best, but good and not something that's too cheap. --- End quote --- Getting a control panel kit doesn't affect soldering or not- what affects that is what you choose to get for controls. For my project, I'm using U360 sticks. These joysticks connect to the PC through USB cables. They have an additional (optional) cable that connects the buttons to the joystick. This particular setup requires me to crimp ends onto the button wires, which connect to the terminals on the buttons. So there's no soldering involved- just need a crimping tool. If you use a keyboard encoder (like an IPAC), I think they have screws that let you connect up the wires. If you are restoring a arcade instead of using MAME and a PC, I think that's when you would need to do some soldering. --- End quote --- |
| bkenobi:
If you buy an economy line encoder (like the keywiz40-eco for instance), there are no screw down terminals to attach the wires to. For that model (and other similar ones), you have to solder the wire directly to the board. If you don't want to deal with soldering or you don't even have the capability to do it (tools, skills, time, etc), you can spend a little extra and get the upgraded version that has the terminals. I personally value my time and it saved me a lot of effort getting the upgrade. Anyway, soldering or no soldering depends on what you choose to put in your cab. There's usually a no-solder way of doing anything! |
| DeLuSioNal29:
You need to watch this video again. It explains about the screw terminals (no soldering required) ;D Also, check out the grounding video (shows wire joined by crimping) D |
| CheffoJeffo:
If you are not dealing with components that are already soldered (e.g. doing board repair), then you do not need to solder anything. There are choices that you may make that will require soldering (e,g, bkenobi's example of the economy encoder as opposed to one with crew terminals or a wiring harness), but soldering isn't required for MAMEing (although it is somewhat fun and good practice for graduation to the "real thing"). |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |
| Previous page |