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syph007:
I have drawers full of wire and connectors, so making cables is no big deal to me.  I ordered a minipac board only.  I will be making up a cable for it, and in the past i have made my own u360 cables.  Its one of the easier parts of this hobby and im cheap.

leapinlew:
I'd rather have the time.

With the ipac, you get scew terminals and you can save some time vs using a IDE cable or making your own. I don't like IDE cable wires, they are very thin. I think the cabling looks more tidy when using an iPac.

The biggest one is time. I like to take as many shortcuts as I can when building machines. I've used 3 mini-pacs and lots if ipacs. I stick with the ipacs.

Nephasth:

--- Quote from: syph007 on June 24, 2011, 02:03:03 pm ---Its one of the easier parts of this hobby and im cheap.

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+1

scofthe7seas:
Why does the minipac have 5 connections per joystick?
I'd like to see what was going on on the other side of the device. The picture only shows it from one angle. :/

syph007:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on June 24, 2011, 02:13:14 pm ---I'd rather have the time.

With the ipac, you get scew terminals and you can save some time vs using a IDE cable or making your own. I don't like IDE cable wires, they are very thin. I think the cabling looks more tidy when using an iPac.

The biggest one is time. I like to take as many shortcuts as I can when building machines. I've used 3 mini-pacs and lots if ipacs. I stick with the ipacs.

--- End quote ---

I dont use IDE cables, i have connectors that you clip together and solder on any wires you want.  Makes for tidier wiring since you make each cable part only as long as needed.  I really enjoy that part, even though rarely anyone sees it.

Heres my DIY U360 wiring:





--- Quote from: scofthe7seas on June 24, 2011, 02:34:43 pm ---Why does the minipac have 5 connections per joystick?
I'd like to see what was going on on the other side of the device. The picture only shows it from one angle. :/

--- End quote ---

Grab the pdf from Andy's site, it shows the pinout.  It's not 5 connections per joystick, the pins are just in groups of 5.

http://www.ultimarc.com/mp_inst.html

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