11/19/2022 0 Comments Usb joystick controller board layout![]() ![]() I bought the Tankstick from X-Arcade with the plan to take it apart and install it into the original control panel that came with my arcade cabinet shell. However, on this project I was really trying to find a balance, and stay cheap and pragmatic but with an eye on quality. If you like wiring and customization, this could be a good choice for you. Ultimarc has one called the I-PAC that seems to be the standard. You can then buy a PCB Board that will let you map your buttons to keyboard strokes. You can visit a site like Happs Controls and buy the buttons and sticks and trackballs and what not, all to your specs. Custom or StockĪrcade Purists will say you should design your control panel custom, to suit your needs. In retrospect, we know what we could do to make it easier on ourselves, but you live and learn. This took probably 3 weeks (a day here and there, wait, a day here and there) and was a huge hassle. We were rockin', working occasional evenings and making progress until we got here. This part, the Control Panel, truly kicked our collective butts. I also have no idea what I'm doing, so I've also got ignorance on my side. They will prefer original Arcade CRT monitors and more expensive, higher quality parts. ![]() Hardware Disclaimer 2: Many folks that build arcade cabinets have a purist view of how these things should be done. What I'm doing here is putting a computer in a pretty box. I do own some original arcade boards, but if you want to emulate arcade games with MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator), you can search the 'tubes. This series of posts has nothing to do with that. Software Disclaimer 1: There's all sorts of legal issues around emulating arcade games. This is the third part of a multi-part series I'm going to do about assembling an Arcade Cabinet for my house. ![]()
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