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$9 'Super Easy' USB Controller hack for MAME

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Beretta:
thanks for the picture.

those pads look like a cheap way to wire up your controls.. not the easiest or even the cleanest but certanly a cost effective one.. at their price you could just mount them under your control panel if you have one your swap.

cost per input with these: 46 cents
keywiz eco: 65
ipac4: 1.25

IG-88:
Found these on ePay:   http://tinyurl.com/lboc27


I think they are the exact same thingas the DX ones above. Buying 6 at a time w/free shipping brings the price down too $4.50 a piece. Not to shabby.  Maybe I'll order some and see if the innards are the same, if there is any interest.  :dunno

Beretta:
hmm 4.50 each with free shipping.. not bad, kinda sucks you gotta buy 6 of them though.. but if you got several projects these would be a cheap way to go.

btw their description is wrong "12 Fire Button 4 Axis "
it would be 2 axis 10 button. (left/right is one axis + -, same for up/down)

i recently bought a pair off ebay, a little more then the ones you found but can get 2 instead of 6, (2 for 10)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370227266989

these was SUPER easy to hack, and will be using them again.
they look very similar to the ones GGG is carrying now.

IG-88:
I like those too. Just .45c more each and you only get 2. Nice find.  :applaud:

IG-88:

--- Quote from: wachin on July 09, 2009, 11:39:07 pm ---Like its been mentioned before, the D-pad is matrixed, so when you look at the leads, the Left & Right are the same.  This is also the case with the Up & Down.  Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I guess the thinking here from the manufacturer is that it's impossible to press both Left & Right simultaneously.  Same for Up & Down.  So they're actually the same but the uncommon ground differentiates the two (or something along those lines?)

Anyway, the attached photo shows where I soldered my 2 grounds and the directional buttons.


--- End quote ---

Did you just remove these 2 little boards then?

And I forgot to ask, what do you use to remove the ??lacquer?? from the solder points? Cant you just lightly sand them to insure a good joint?

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