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Title: x-arcade alike control box (new qwestion)
Post by: Denverlatino on November 20, 2007, 09:37:29 pm: Hey guys, thanks for reading , im building an x-arcade alike control box so mi wife can play games on pc using the controller instead of a gamepad, she just dont like those, anyway,i dindt want'it to spend that much money into it so i decide to hack the two gamepads i had, i did that and solder some cables with no problems at all, the only qwestion i have is; can i strip one of the gamepads usb cable so i can just atach the inner cables to the other usb gamepad cable so i can have only one cable to plug to the pc or i might have to plug both cables on the pc?
Please any ideas are wellcome.
And sorry for y bad english :dizzy:
Title: Re: x-arcade alike control box
Post by: BobA on November 20, 2007, 10:39:13 pm: You cannot simply connect the cables together. You can run a single cable by putting a mini usb hub in your CP. Plug in the 2 game pads and run the hubs cable to your pc.
Title: Re: x-arcade alike control box
Post by: Denverlatino on November 20, 2007, 11:13:02 pm: Quote from: BobA on November 20, 2007, 10:39:13 pm
You cannot simply connect the cables together. You can run a single cable by putting a mini usb hub in your CP. Plug in the 2 game pads and run the hubs cable to your pc.

got,it thanks for the advice :)

i tried to put black vinyl with adhesive on top of the wood but i didn't like'it cus you could see the wood texture thru it , so i decide to took'it back off as you can see on the picture, now i will laminate the thing with a white plastic thing (don't know how its called right now) (polystyrene) ill post some more pictures of my advance.... :dunno
Title: Re: x-arcade alike control box
Post by: Denverlatino on November 21, 2007, 11:34:26 pm: i took the vinyl off the wood and this is the result, then i applied the polystyrene sheet and had a much nicer look, i will buy the usb hub to hook both gamepads and probably just finished the thing. and a funny picture with my wife.... :laugh2:
Title: Re: x-arcade alike control box
Post by: Denverlatino on November 21, 2007, 11:46:55 pm: and im goin to add a real sise jpg template just in case if someone wants to build a similar cp. sise is 24" x 11"... http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/ode1979/xarcade_Model2.jpg :angel:
Title: Re: x-arcade alike control box
Post by: BobA on November 23, 2007, 10:10:39 am: Thanks for posting the template. I am sure someone will be looking for it.
Title: Re: x-arcade alike control box
Post by: danny_galaga on November 24, 2007, 03:26:54 am: nice work, and i like the human touch with the photo of you and your wife :) are you a wrestler by any chance :D
Title: Re: x-arcade alike control box
Post by: Grasshopper on November 24, 2007, 04:48:47 pm: Quote from: danny_galaga on November 24, 2007, 03:26:54 am

nice work, and i like the human touch with the photo of you and your wife :) are you a wrestler by any chance :D

Well he might be a superhero.

Damn he's just given away his identity!
Title: Re: x-arcade alike control box
Post by: Denverlatino on November 27, 2007, 10:58:46 pm: I'm rocky star, (actually an 80s Mexican wrestler)..... seriously , i like Mexican wrestling masks, I'm actually working on my next project a namco bartop cab with rotating monitor, about the cp , I'm waiting on some prints i order to make'it look nicer.
Title: Re: x-arcade alike control box (new qwestion)
Post by: Denverlatino on December 02, 2007, 10:40:31 pm: the hacked gamepads are a pain in the neck, and i was wondering if theres a way to build your own keyboard encoder, not hacking a keyboard but by actually buying some chips or some thing like that, or any ideas would be greatly accepted, thanks for reading and helping