I think how angled you go depends on the size of your screen and the width of your panel. Do you have an example of a 4 player cab without angles controls? All the ones I have seen have angled controls.
If you think you'll play a lot of neo geo then what kind of 4 button layout do you prefer and what 6 button arrangement would work best for that? Some 6 button layouts will create a nice curve between the bottom left button and the top three that works nice for a 4 button game.ģ. One thing worth considering is what kind of games you will play. Plenty of people put straight rows and seem happy with them. I put a curved button layout on my cab but I only did it for aesthetic purposes. Otherwise I think it makes little difference.
Personally I don't think it matters too much unless you are some kind of very hardcore fighting game fanatic.
#ARCADE CONTROL PANEL HOW TO#
In future post I will cover in detail on how to install RetroPie.2. RetroPie recognized the controllers without any problems. In order to test the working I have attach the screen to the cabinet and connected the USB cables to a preinstalled RetroPie on a Raspberry Pi 3. I have covered this controller board in previous blog posts: Arcade machine - USB controller and USB arcade joystick, there you can find the schematic on how to connect it. Now connect the buttons to the USB controller boards with provided wires. Position the switches in a way that it will be easy to connect the wires.Īlso connect the pinball buttons on the side panels of the cabinet. The microswitches consist of a build in LED that can be powered by 12V as it already has a 470 Ohm current limiting resistor soldered to it.Īn assembled microswitch looks like this. At Chinese online stores they cost around 5 euros each. I have chosen to use two separate USB controller board. Now it's time to start working on the USB joystick controllers and attach the microswitches, leds and wires to the back of the control panel. The finished button layout with the joystick will look like this. Mark the vinyl just a bit larger than the size of the panel and cut it.Īfter gluing it to the multiplex board I have stapled it on the back.Īt this point the control panel should look like in the picture below.Ĭut out the the holes for the joystick and the buttons with a stanley knife.įasten them on the back with the provided plastic nuts. I have found this nice carbon fiber looking vinyl that matches that RetroPie theme. Then mask the screws with MDF or laminate wood filler. But it didn't appeal to me and my thought was that a microswitch joystick will probably not break that easily. There is also an option to fasten the screws on top of the vinyl layer after you apply it, this way you can easily remove the joystick when it breaks down. I have used 4 mm drill and a countersink to mask the heads of the screws. To begin drill 4 holes on the panel that match the joystick layout. On the sides of the cabinet there are two additional pinball buttons. It consists of two joysticks and eight buttons per player. The most important and fun part of the arcade cabinet is the control panel.
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