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Anyone used tiny displays to "label" buttons on a Mame cab?
mvsfan:
--- Quote from: koz319 on July 14, 2009, 03:01:51 pm ---Well,
I was saving this for when it was completely finished, but in a word, yes, sorta, kinda :)
I bought 30 surplus oled modules on ebay for $1 each that seem to be (almost?) identical to these:
http://www.crystalfontz.com/product/CFAL12864N-A-B1.html
(the ones I have are the same size, same connector, 2 color, same controller, but say different manufacturer)
Currently, its all running in prototype form. I'm using an FTDI FT232RL breakout board as a usb->serial driver for an atmel dev board I had laying around, which parses commands from the serial data and shifts data out to the individual displays. I have a prototype control panel with the displays inlaid on top of the panel but under the lexan cover. The panel has two joystics w/ 6 buttons each, and a player 1 and 2 button. Each joystick gets 1 display. The admin displays are at the top of the panel with the displays just below. The six buttons per player are 2 rows of three. each button with a display, with the displays above the top row and below the bottom. And yes, aligning the displays was painful.
I have a crude plugin for mala running as ringmaster for this circus at the moment.
Everything is far from a finished state, and development has stopped cold due to the fact that our first kids (twins!) decided they just couldn't wait to meet us and arrived 2 months early. :)
I'll try to take some pics of the displays in action if I can, but it may be a little while. (The workshop is sort of verboten at the moment) I was actually hoping to be able to make some of these available once I was finished, but who knows when that will be now. If I can ever get it to the state where it's not horribly embarrassing maybe I'll just open source the whole thing.
Anyway, I'll try to get some pics sometime soon.
Koz
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Congradulations, Koz.
are they identical?
you really hit good here if thats it.
My Granddad was an identical twin, and both of them followed each other through life as best friends though they always dressed different to differentiate one another.
my uncle always had long wily hair like Einstein, and he dressed in bright colored suits
while granddad always had short hair and wore a lot of grey.
good luck, and have fun. its a unique experience if your fortunate enough to have identicals that youve know all your life in your family.
koz319:
--- Quote from: mvsfan on July 14, 2009, 06:49:41 pm ---Congradulations, Koz.
are they identical?
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Thanks!
They're not identical, they are fraternal twins - a boy and a girl.
I don't think I could be happier. Or more tired :)
Koz
SirPeale:
--- Quote from: koz319 on July 16, 2009, 10:56:16 am ---
--- Quote from: mvsfan on July 14, 2009, 06:49:41 pm ---Congradulations, Koz.
are they identical?
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Thanks!
They're not identical, they are fraternal twins - a boy and a girl.
I don't think I could be happier. Or more tired :)
Koz
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Did you know you can have identical twins of opposite sex? It's true! I don't know how it works though, something for the science guys.
You can also have identical twins that don't look anything alike. Only a DNA test will tell you for sure.
SirPeale:
Link: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art1291.asp/zzz
Hoopz:
Congrats Koz. Everyone healthy?
I've got twin girls that are 9 months old. I'm eternally tired so just get used to it. It's gonna be awhile.
:cheers:
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