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pointdablame:
There are too many options for us to just say you need X, Y, and Z to finish your cab.

Read the FAQs and look at the encoder options and control options you have.  YOu need to make decisions for yourself.  There is no "right" encoder or joystick for each person.

Read up on what each part does, and decide if you need it or not.

As a general guide though:

- you need an encoder for your buttons and joystick
- you need a mouse hack or optipac if you want a spinner and/or trackball (you say you don't, but I just mention it as an FYI type of thing)
- other controls require special interfaces, or at least special considerations (rotary sticks, analog, optical devices, wheels, etc)
- you need wires and quick disconnects for your controls
- you'll need paint and hardware for the cab. hinges, screws, etc etc
- coin door, bezel, marquee retainer, glass for monitor, tmolding... all needed.

Do some reading and you can decide what you personally want.  WE can't really answer your questions... we can only give you what WE would do.

tristan:
I would suggest looking through the project announcement pages and seeing what others have done, then decide exactly what you need. Learning what has been done by others has been a large part of the learning process for me.

Willypill:
Thanks.  That's the kind of post I was looking for.

PedroSilva:

--- Quote from: pointdablame on August 04, 2005, 09:40:34 pm ---There are too many options for us to just say you need X, Y, and Z to finish your cab.

Read the FAQs and look at the encoder options and control options you have.
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elvis:

--- Quote from: PedroSilva on August 05, 2005, 04:45:54 am ---... and the wood? ...  ;D


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I was thinking the same thing. :)

For me, my cab was two projects: the first was the cabinet and carpentry.  This is similar to any furniture/cabinet carpentry task you might undertake.  Get your plans together, calculate how much MDF, pine framing, fasteners and finishing gear (putty/paint) you need, buy and build.

Step two is the electronics.  Wiring, soldering, installing software, hooking up of monitors, etc.

Personally speaking, the carpentry took me HEAPS longer than anything else.  Once the cabinet was built, the electronics and software fell into place within a matter of minutes.

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