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Title: What are the pins on Ultimarcs A-Pac for?
Post by: KonkeyKong on February 01, 2018, 09:02:59 pm
there are 9 pins near the end of the board that i can't find any documentation on... ???
Title: Re: What are the pins on Ultimarcs A-Pac for?
Post by: 05SRT4 on February 02, 2018, 02:08:14 am
I always thought it was for the Console adapter.

https://www.ultimarc.com/console.html (https://www.ultimarc.com/console.html)

The site says the A-Pac and I-pac boards are universal and the I-pac info states the following.

The I-PAC2 has 32 inputs. They are all programmable and are marked as 2 joysticks, 8 buttons each, plus coin1, coin2, start1, start2 and Mame control keys. Any inputs can be assigned as a shift key to access an alternate code set. This board also has a connector which can be configured to plug our trackball and spinner into, or for our console interfaces.
Title: Re: What are the pins on Ultimarcs A-Pac for?
Post by: 05SRT4 on February 02, 2018, 02:20:16 am
But also this is on the site for the iPAC-4

Note the 9-pin header on the I-PAC 4 is for factory use only.

So maybe its nothing...
Title: Re: What are the pins on Ultimarcs A-Pac for?
Post by: AndyWarne on February 02, 2018, 02:23:34 am
On the A-PAC these pins are only used by us to load firmware to the board and test.

5V and GND can be sourced from these if required though.
Title: Re: What are the pins on Ultimarcs A-Pac for?
Post by: KonkeyKong on February 02, 2018, 07:53:19 am
Quote from: AndyWarne on February 02, 2018, 02:23:34 am
On the A-PAC these pins are only used by us to load firmware to the board and test.

5V and GND can be sourced from these if required though.

That's exactly what i was hoping for!!! Could you please diagram or describe which pins to use?  Would it be enough to power 4 or 5 regular LEDs  ~5V or less each?
Title: Re: What are the pins on Ultimarcs A-Pac for?
Post by: AndyWarne on February 02, 2018, 09:24:29 am
(http://www.ultimarc.com/images/header.gif)

This would power 5 LEDs without a problem.
Title: Re: What are the pins on Ultimarcs A-Pac for?
Post by: Malenko on February 02, 2018, 09:44:32 am
Quote from: AndyWarne on February 02, 2018, 09:24:29 am
This would power 5 LEDs without a problem.

Andy, you are just the *best* .   Love your products and how well you support them, we need more peeps like you in the world.
Real picture of the bottom of my boot:
(https://marlastanley.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/andy-boot.jpg)
Title: Re: What are the pins on Ultimarcs A-Pac for?
Post by: AndyWarne on February 02, 2018, 12:08:43 pm

Crikey, immortalized! Hope you dont have any light colored carpets though :)