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Title: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: jahilton2002 on May 01, 2011, 09:49:31 pm: hi guys, im getting close to starting to wire my CP now.... was thinking of going down the rj45 route...... i want it to be clean..... plz post pics of your CP birds nests plz :D
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: drventure on May 01, 2011, 10:46:28 pm: You might have a look through the hall of fame projects

Most of them have pics of the CP underbellies.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=103103.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=103103.0)

It can definitely be a chore to keep the wiring neat, esp if you go with RGB led lit buttons and such!
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: Smeghead on May 02, 2011, 12:20:57 am: I dont really care much about it all being beautiful to look at LOL

(http://www.alterna-uo.net/mame/day10/3.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: danny_galaga on May 02, 2011, 08:43:32 am: Mine's cat 5 cable or something. Looks spidery, but it it neat and does the trick (",)

(http://dannygalaga.com/images/DSC00497small.JPG)
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: Bender on May 02, 2011, 09:32:57 am: This is Mountain's CP wiring :dizzy: :dizzy: :dizzy:

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=51525.0;attach=74701;image)

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=51525.0;attach=74703;image)
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on May 02, 2011, 09:55:56 am: Heres's mine using Cat5 cable (what you refer to as RJ-45 which is the actual connector itself). I color coded the wiring using the sheath to match the joystick colors. So blue would be for the blue controls, yellow for the yellow controls, etc. That makes finding stuff easier.

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=74378.0;attach=94445;image)

DeLuSioNaL29
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on May 02, 2011, 09:58:11 am: Here's a simple one that I wired up for a buddy of mine last year. We later squeezed in an ipac 2.

DeLuSioNaL29
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: TopJimmyCooks on May 02, 2011, 10:56:40 am: Here you go. 22 ga solid under each panel, 22 gauge stranded going to the pinball buttons, stranded cat 5 connecting each side to the i-pac 2. USB hub for my U360 and my swappables.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_XCUpBBQCc8A/TbDwjARcjrI/AAAAAAAAAd8/rj5NDFtyWZg/s640/IMG_4799.JPG)
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: WindDrake on May 02, 2011, 11:02:06 am: I enjoy pulling my hair out to fix things.

(http://www.booguild.net/winddrake/ratsnest.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: alfonzotan on May 02, 2011, 12:40:09 pm: Here ya go... picture isn't the greatest, but then again, neither is the wiring... :laugh:

Most of the wire here is from an UltiMarc wiring kit, thus all the multiple colors... if my memory serves there's also some Home Depot bell wire in there. And yes, I did keep the hacked mouse board attached to the bottom of a mouse, and then just screwed it onto the bottom of the CP. Sue me...

Since these pictures were taken, I added a brighter USB LED lamp to better illuminate the trackball. And since somebody is bound to ask, I also included a pic of the lid closed, in "firing position"...
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: emphatic on May 02, 2011, 01:00:09 pm: My latest 1P harness (please ignore the tape, it's temporary):

(http://www.emphatic.se/control_panel_wiring.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: Spacejack on May 02, 2011, 01:23:47 pm: Here's a picture of me with the cabinet open:

(http://www.yourprops.com/norm-487d62095f3d0-Indiana+Jones+And+The+Raiders+Of+The+Lost+Ark+(1981).jpeg)
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: LeedsFan on May 02, 2011, 02:25:47 pm: Quote from: Bender on May 02, 2011, 09:32:57 am
This is Mountain's CP wiring :dizzy: :dizzy: :dizzy:

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=51525.0;attach=74701;image)

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=51525.0;attach=74703;image)

Now THAT is awesome! I know it's only wiring.... but that kind of attention to detail totally rocks my boat. 8)

Yes I am a geek for this kind of thing. :lol
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: elkameleon on May 02, 2011, 02:29:26 pm: Holy crap, its all directly soldered too! Ballsy, yet so beautiful!
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on May 02, 2011, 06:38:52 pm: Here's my unfinished control panel. All of the buttons have holes drilled in them and LEDs glued in. I'll have to figure out a neat way to wire those in. (http://tapatalk.com/mu/a6cd0f96-3275-3a52.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: Smeghead on May 02, 2011, 10:01:59 pm: heres mine again with the trackball (with mouse hack) and joystick added, bigger mess and I DONT CARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha
it all works
(http://www.alterna-uo.net/mame/day12/6.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: Paul Olson on May 02, 2011, 11:42:11 pm: This is the first version before the U-HID came out:

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=111453.0;attach=165431;image)

Now:

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=111453.0;attach=165433;image)

From the front:

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=111453.0;attach=165435;image)
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: Dlude on May 20, 2011, 09:14:30 pm: Here is my recent cp build totally inspired by Mountain's awesome work :notworthy: :notworthy:......just dont ask "where does the blue wire go"!! :lol :lol

(http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/9320/wiring2.jpg)

(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/4518/wiring3u.jpg)

(http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/2773/wiring4.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: Ginsu Victim on May 21, 2011, 01:23:44 am: This is the last one I just did for a friend of mine.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/GinsuVictim/0311111504.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/GinsuVictim/0311111503.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your CP Wiring
Post by: Trebeck on May 21, 2011, 01:16:34 pm: Not the best but it has a little love in it.

(http://www.trebeck.ca/graphics/images/controltop_open.jpg)

http://www.trebeck.ca/control2.html (http://www.trebeck.ca/control2.html)