The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: arfink on July 29, 2019, 09:10:03 pm
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(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=378336)
I built this over a ridiculous time-span. I believe I purchased the PCB from channelmaniac (not sure how I remember that, but it's what my brain says) way way back in maybe 2008 or so, and it sat in the ESD bag in a box of parts for literally a decade. I had a much sloppier version of this console made from an MV-1FZS, complete with hot glue and a bodged-up Apple IIe power supply that I made in 2006, but it finally bit the dust and it was time for an upgrade. I found the shell at the thrift store, it's one of those plastic snap-top boxes meant for holding your cables under a desk. I removed all the cable posts, and filled the side-holes where cables can enter with some laser cut wood and plastic that served to hold the DB-15s for the controller ports and the AV and power switch. They are held in with some industrial-strength contact adhesive, and have survived the rigors of toddlers without budging an inch, so I'm quite satisfied with that.
The board is still stock, no Unibios yet. Only mods I made was to add stereo sound. Video encoding is handled by a NeoBitz-S, which provides a very crisp s-video signal. I'm pretty firmly of the opinion that a decent s-video signal on a 90s CRT that doesn't have a hyperactive comb filter will look virtually indistinguishable from component. RGB is only a tiny margin better, but since there are basically no US TVs that actually do 15khz RGB this was my next choice.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=378333)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=378334)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=378335)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=378338)
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These standoffs were also laser-cut, since the local hardware store didn't have what I wanted.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=378341)
Stereo sound mod.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=378342)
AV wiring. The encoder board is just floating up in the corner ATM, still need to mount it more solidly. Maybe in another decade!
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=378344)
Excessive feet. But then again, pulling/pushing on those ginormous MVS carts generates a lot of force. Better safe than sorry.
I also built this joystick to go with the console. Pine 2x4 for the sides and baltic birch for the front and back plates. I cut and engraved the plates in my laser cutter, and the sides were done with a jigsaw and a lot of sanding, with a router for the curvy shapes. A little light stain and aerosol-can varnish finished it off. Has a Seimitsu LS-32 and Seimitsu buttons, since I'm mostly a shmup player and prefer that stick feel.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=378332)
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Very nice, But please for the love of god properly insulate those (ground?) wires!!
Having them floating around like that is a disaster waiting to happen!
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Very nice, But please for the love of god properly insulate those (ground?) wires!!
Having them floating around like that is a disaster waiting to happen!
Indeed. It's on my to-do list for this, along with the Unibios. That's gonna happen this weekend.
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Yeah unibios is defo worth it. I have one on all my MVS boards.
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Yeah unibios is defo worth it. I have one on all my MVS boards.
I got a banana cart, and I'm definitely looking forward to pick n mix mode.