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polaris:
ok , cheeky request, any chance you can post your cp plan, sketchup is killing me and maths is making my tired brain hurt and i'm trying to plan my cp, need an idea of how far apart the buttons need to be. my cp is basically an adaptation of yours now ive seen it, so it would really help me if you don't mind
:cheers:
Yvan256:
--- Quote from: polaris on July 29, 2009, 09:13:18 pm ---ok , cheeky request, any chance you can post your cp plan, sketchup is killing me and maths is making my tired brain hurt and i'm trying to plan my cp, need an idea of how far apart the buttons need to be. my cp is basically an adaptation of yours now ive seen it, so it would really help me if you don't mind
:cheers:
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What's your CP size (width/depth), joystick plate size, buttons size, etc? Same as me? Sanwa JLF and four Sanwa 24mm buttons?
As for me, I still need to fit two 8mm 7-segment LEDs and two or three white menu buttons. :P
polaris:
--- Quote from: Yvan256 on July 29, 2009, 09:31:35 pm ---
--- Quote from: polaris on July 29, 2009, 09:13:18 pm ---ok , cheeky request, any chance you can post your cp plan, sketchup is killing me and maths is making my tired brain hurt and i'm trying to plan my cp, need an idea of how far apart the buttons need to be. my cp is basically an adaptation of yours now ive seen it, so it would really help me if you don't mind
:cheers:
--- End quote ---
What's your CP size (width/depth), joystick plate size, buttons size, etc? Same as me? Sanwa JLF and four Sanwa 24mm buttons?
As for me, I still need to fit two 8mm 7-segment LEDs and two or three white menu buttons. :P
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i'm trying to work out the CP size, U360 and same buttons but 6 not 4, i can find button spacing for regular sized buttons, but not for this smaller size, i think im gonna order some and go with cardboard to work it out
Yvan256:
--- Quote from: polaris on July 29, 2009, 09:39:41 pm ---i'm trying to work out the CP size, U360 and same buttons but 6 not 4, i can find button spacing for regular sized buttons, but not for this smaller size, i think im gonna order some and go with cardboard to work it out
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My CP is only 8" wide, I had to mount the Sanwa JLF "sideways" (i.e. vertically instead of horizontally) and there is barely enough width left for the four 24mm buttons, even including the fact that the first one is lower than the others.
I'm still not sure how I'll be able to add the 7-segments LEDs for the coin mech (a dumb "coin counter" that only goes up, controlled by a PIC microcontroller) and the menu/player/etc buttons. I know I need a "player 1 start" button, and a minimum of two buttons (Esc and Tab) for MAME and a Pause button would be nice too, which makes it three buttons for MAME and one more button for the CP itself.
I was thinking of using a Seimitsu PS-14-DN 24mm Pushbutton (white body with clear plunger) and put a "player 1" graphic in it since 24mm "player" buttons don't seem to exist. But even so, I didn't have room for another 24mm button at the top of the CP...
Then I remembered that MVS cabinets don't have "player 1", "player 2" buttons because the text is on the CP itself! The original machines have "Left Player Start" and "Right Player Start", so all I need is a completely white SDM-20 Sanwa button and a "Player Start" text! If I can squeeze three more of those at the top right of the CP for the menus/etc, I'll be all set and I'll also be able to preserve the original MVS "look" of the CP. :D
vrf:
Yeah, I had to mount my joystick sideways, too. It really frees up some room.
I was originally going to have a tiny panel like on a Byrdo stick, but I ended up adding the trackball. So I had to move up to panel about 9.5" wide.
One idea I think would be cool is to take a Byrdo stick design and add an angled netbook display and motherboard. It could be REALLY small.
http://www.byrdo.org/arcade_joysticks.htm
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