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AmericanDemon:
Alright so I have the PCBs for 2 of the PL-950 pelican universal arcade sticks. I know that these do not have 5v on them, so normally a p360 is out of the question. However since this pcb will be connected with my mame arcade controls, how should I present the added 5v to the p360 so that it will work with my ipac and my pelican pcbs?
can I simply wire up the +5v from separate source? If so would I need to ground it to my source or to the pcb/ipac? Do I need to ground to each or will only one ground do for both?
Thanks in advance to those who have done this or to those who know how it SHOULD be done.
cholin:
If Im getting this correctly, you need 5 volts running through a joystick, correct? If so, and you are using an Ipac, theres a small header on there that supplies +5v and GND mainly used for the lighting harness. If you do not wish to use one, tada, you have a source of five volts and a ground for it. I dont quite understand the last part of the question, although if something needs 5 volts, and you use the iPac to give both joysticks that, hook them both up to the same line on the iPac, and you can use common ground (meaning you use one ground for all of them since they all lead to the same place anyways)
AmericanDemon:
Alright. I caught that. Let me rephrase this.
1 P360.
1 Ipac
1 Pelican PCB (multiple console connections)
Typically the console pcb would provide a 5v supply. This one does not. My question is this:
Can I steal power from the IPAC to power the joystick for use with the console pcb?
If so, how would I wire this?
cholin:
Sure you can :)
Kremmit:
--- Quote from: cholin on February 25, 2005, 11:41:28 pm ---Ive never seen a Pelican PCB or P360 before so Im not sure why you need external power, but im sure theres a reason.
--- End quote ---
The P360 needs the 5v to power it's optical sensors, used in place of microswitches or leafswitches.
Demon- why use the Pelican at all, why not just connect the P360 to the Ipac?
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