Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Led Zeppelin Rock on January 05, 2005, 04:10:36 am
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Howdy all
I have a Supergun, and even though it has a converted Dreamcast big stick I was interested in making my own with real arcade joysticks and buttons, I have got hold of the 15pin connectors but can I just wire directly to the buttons and pad or am I kidding myself to how simple this could be. The supergun as a Raven Games one...
http://www.ravengames.co.uk/super.htm
One of them...
Any help or pointers would be splendid.
Thanks
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superguns are very easy to build most especially so using a labelled jamma harness--just wire the inputs as they are labelled--connect a arcade power supply, a dinky speaker and some kind of video output and you are good to go--I'll post a pic of mine a little later.
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Yer, I already have this supergun, but I just wanted to make a new joystick, and was more wondering if I can just wire the buttons directly to the 15 socket or if there was more to it than that.
Ta
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think you will find each button/joystick switch in your exising controller will be simply wired to a pin on the connector.
the connector will also have a pin with electical Ground GND from the supergun. this Gnd connection will also be wired to each button.
when you press a button/move joystick the activate switch simply makes a circuit connection between the GND pin and the pin representing the button.
it should be easy to make you own custom control panel with 8way arcade joystick and buttons just a matter of figuring out which pins on the connector represent which buttons/switches and wiring up new microswitches in similar way to existing controller so when activated the corresponding pin is connected to GND.
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Ahh OK great.
You talk about the 8 way stick, that brings up another question. I only use my supergun for Neo-Geo currenlty, is it a 8 way I would need for that or a 4, and how would using one over the other effect other Jamma games????
Thanks
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neo geo uses an 8 way stick, so your safe with that. both 8 and 4 way sticks use 4 switches its the opening that the stick goes thru that determines which it is, so wiring them up is exactly the same. as far as using another 15 pin connector to sire your own controller you can totally do that and it is as easy and it looks. just make sure to wire the switches to the right place, use crimp-on quick connects so you can move the wires around if needed.
good luck