Hello world! First time builder - Project Breeze - Controls guide example.

[rablack97]

have faith its not too bad, but here is an example of a complete led cab wiring job and it ended up very neat.

[marcoboy]

All the wiring done! And seems to work

I had a couple of problems with the sockets I used to connect the leds (the led's wires are too thin for the Harwin sockets), but managed to get it working by soldering a tad of solder to every led leg, thus making them a bit thicker.

Completed wiring. Didn't get too messy although I'm using RGB leds. (Notice the ONE cable tie holder that didn't feel like all the others).


All lights on.


Random colors in dark.


Lights off.

have faith its not too bad, but here is an example of a complete led cab wiring job and it ended up very neat.

That is some seriously delicious wiring right there!

[rablack97]

 

[marcoboy]

 Thanks,

Couple of new parts arrived from around the world!

Power switch for the cabinet. This is a "touch" switch with integrated light to indicate the state.


White EL-sheet (size A4), this is going to be a light behind some kind of pixel-art cutout on the back of the cabinet. I have not decided what it should be... I like the Space Invaders characters, but they might be too "used".
If you guys have any ideas for the cutout "pixel" style image for this "all-white" project, please share!

[marcoboy]

Mala GUI is ready. I have some static animated on the background and colors to complement the light cabinet.

There's about 20 emulators installed, and LEDBlinky/iPAC Ultimate integration. Everything seems to be working perfectly after some serious command line tinkering

[marcoboy]

Hi all!

I have a question / plan regarding external image viewer for the control mappings on various emulators.

- First I was thinking about command line image viewer with the ability to show "button assignment guide images" in "OSD" style at the start of the emulator, but overlaying images on top of the emulators isn't really working because of all kinds of z-index etc. issues on windows/directx etc.

- Secondly I thought of the way to send commands to Raspberry Pi via SSH to load button assignment images from the PC. These images would be viewed on a tiny 2in TFT screen connected to the Raspberry and placed on the CP between the P1 & P2 controls. This could work, but seems like a hassle...

Any ideas? Or ways that this has been accomplished previously? If not, I might start trying the 2nd idea...

Help would be appreciated 

[PL1]

Have you looked into Marquee Magician? (2nd display)

Another possible approach is to use .lay (layout) files.

Check out Mr. Do's site for info on .lay files and MAMELayPlus if you are using a widescreen display.


Scott

[marcoboy]

Have you looked into Marquee Magician? (2nd display)

Another possible approach is to use .lay (layout) files.

Check out Mr. Do's site for info on .lay files and MAMELayPlus if you are using a widescreen display.

Scott

Thanks!

I think I should perhaps venture to the multiple layouts route... I don't have a secondary monitor nor an output for that in my PC.

My problem with the multiple layouts approach in MaLa is that the control mappings are only visible before starting the emulator (there's 39 of them, and when friends are visiting I doubt they memorize the controls too quickly ). I would like to show the mappings all the time / 30 seconds while the emulator is starting. That's why I thought of the Raspberry Pi/LCD approach (I have the Raspberry Pi already).

But perhaps I shouldn't try to make things too complicated for my self, this is my first cabinet build after all

[marcoboy]

Here's the overlay I'm planning to use in MaLa layouts (blurring and header is just for highlighting this example). I know the PS1 controls are not the most intuitive ones, but I think this could work on casual playing.

[acme64]

can you provide the plans or the measurements for the cab? I think it's the perfect size i'm looking for. What size screen will you be using?