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Chris Osborn
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Would it be possible to make something to use as a test bench arcade
controller with a 555, some latches/shift registers, some AND gates,
and a video game controller?
The way an arcade controller works is when a button is pushed it
connects that input to ground. I have a Sega Genesis controller which
has a bunch of buttons and uses the standard Atari 2600 joystick DB9
connector. Almost. They multiplexed some of the lines and when a
select line is driven high, it chooses different banks of buttons.
There's a good description of the Genesis controller at
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~chuck/infopg/segasix.txt
and Atari controllers at
http://www.epanorama.net/documents/joystick/tvgames.html
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controller with a 555, some latches/shift registers, some AND gates,
and a video game controller?
The way an arcade controller works is when a button is pushed it
connects that input to ground. I have a Sega Genesis controller which
has a bunch of buttons and uses the standard Atari 2600 joystick DB9
connector. Almost. They multiplexed some of the lines and when a
select line is driven high, it chooses different banks of buttons.
There's a good description of the Genesis controller at
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~chuck/infopg/segasix.txt
and Atari controllers at
http://www.epanorama.net/documents/joystick/tvgames.html
--
See all the insanity of giant K'nex kinetic sculptures
Pictures, movies, and more! http://buildfest.com/
Coming soon: An arcade cabinet made of K'nex!