The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: HaRuMaN on November 11, 2004, 07:47:21 am
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Well, I got my IPAC VE in the mail the other day, and decided that I really wanted to have the ability to have multiple control panels, while only using one IPAC. So I dug around in my box of electronics goodies, and found a few 50 pin male and female dsub connectors. Here is a picture after soldering some wires:
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The same dsub sonnector now connected to the IPAC:
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Different view:
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I then soldered wires to the female dsub, and connected that to the outside of my control panel. From there I wired the controls using spade connectors and quick disconnects (courtesy of Peale). :)
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Here is the finished (more or less) panel. I have to add T-molding still. This is the fighter panel, obviously. I am gonna create a classics panel with a dedicated 4-way, spinner, trackball, all those goodies. I am going to build a DDR pad, so I'm gonna wire that up so it can connect to the IPAC in the same way.
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I then soldered wires to the female dsub, and connected that to the outside of my control panel. From there I wired the controls using spade connectors and quick disconnects (courtesy of Peale). :)
Where did you get the wiring blocks in order to mate two different guages of wire?
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I had these on hand, but you can get them (terminal strips) at Radio Shack, or somewhere similar.
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The terminal strips came in handy when I was making my one player controller. It's a USB gamepad hack.