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Title: Dreamcast ANALOG Fightstick - Possible?
Post by: bimm25e on July 03, 2017, 01:14:42 pm
Hey all.  I just ordered a dreamcast vga cable and I am juiced to hook it up to my JPAC but I wanted to make an arcade stick for it (or rather a 4 player arcade pedestal) that has analog sticks for use with power stone and zombie revenge.  would there be a way to hook up an analog arcade stick to the dreamcast controller's analog joystick pins?

Title: Re: Dreamcast ANALOG Fightstick - Possible?
Post by: PL1 on July 03, 2017, 05:17:23 pm
Hey all.  I just ordered a dreamcast vga cable and I am juiced to hook it up to my JPAC but I wanted to make an arcade stick for it (or rather a 4 player arcade pedestal) that has analog sticks for use with power stone and zombie revenge.  would there be a way to hook up an analog arcade stick to the dreamcast controller's analog joystick pins?
Use the KADE miniArcade 2.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,154126.0.html) to output as Playstation1/Playstation2 (see RJ-45 to PS1/PS2 cable pinout on pg 7 of the User Guide) with a 3rd party Playstation to Dreamcast converter.   ;D

You will need to reassign a few ports using the Mapper software, but that isn't difficult.

You should be able to build the whole interface with the following:
- Soldering iron and wire strippers
- 32u4 AVR board (you can solder directly to the AVR board, no need for the daughterboard or RJ-45 connector)
- Wire
- Analog (potentiometer) stick(s)
- Microswitch joystick (for D-pad) and buttons
- Playstation cable with male connector
- 3rd party Playstation to Dreamcast converter



Scott
EDIT: To be clear, you will need a separate AVR board for each player controller.

4 players with analog sticks ==> 4 AVRs

EDIT2: Native Dreamcast output support added to miniArcade 2.0.
Title: Re: Dreamcast ANALOG Fightstick - Possible?
Post by: bootsector on July 05, 2017, 05:12:28 pm
I have started working on adding native Dreamcast output support to the miniArcade 2.0.

Hopefully the firmware size will fit the AVR memory.
Title: Re: Dreamcast ANALOG Fightstick - Possible?
Post by: ark_ader on July 06, 2017, 02:48:58 am
You can do this via a xarcade controller board with the DC adapter.  You switch from digital to analogue.

I would go with the Kade as it would be less hassle.
Title: Re: Dreamcast ANALOG Fightstick - Possible?
Post by: BadMouth on July 06, 2017, 09:06:40 am
would there be a way to hook up an analog arcade stick.....

Where do you intend to find an analog arcade stick?
They are out there, but they're like $200 a piece.
Title: Re: Dreamcast ANALOG Fightstick - Possible?
Post by: PL1 on July 06, 2017, 10:24:53 am
would there be a way to hook up an analog arcade stick.....
Where do you intend to find an analog arcade stick?
They are out there, but they're like $200 a piece.
Divemaster carries a variety of analog sticks/trigger-sticks for less including this kind (http://www.arcadeemulator.net/cgi-bin/shop/cp-app.cgi?usr=51F5867087&rnd=2026822&rrc=N&affl=&cip=&act=&aff=&pg=prod&ref=AnalogJoystickwithUltimate+&cat=Joysticks&catstr=HOME:Joysticks) for $125.


Scott
Title: Re: Dreamcast ANALOG Fightstick - Possible?
Post by: bootsector on July 09, 2017, 06:27:51 pm
I've just released a new miniArcade 2.0 firmware with native Dreamcast output support:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,154126.0.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,154126.0.html)