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Hey guys Just decased a hu196d monitor I got off eBay to measure it up for my bartop. The PCB is a little more complex than I had anticipated and I am not sure how to wire up the power switch to an arcade button. The first pic shows the push to make buttons - the middle one that sits higher than the others with the led next to it is the power switch. When I flip it round, the switch has 4 pins solders to the PCB, when I was only expecting 2. The 2 pins closer together are for the led. My initial guess is that a run wires from each of the pins to my arcade micro switch, connecting a matching pair from each side of the push to make switch to a single pin on the arcad…
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Hi Arcade fans, 1 year a member of this forum, but have still not much posts on my name , but found much usefull tips to read: D As each Member I have put much money in Arcade cabinets and always wanted one for my self , especially a KI or MK cabinet... 4 year ago i buyed a killer instinct cab with myhtpc and mamewah interface. Since a few months(hyperspin not included) I have made some updates..... Black T-moding replaced by light blue T-molding, its a bit scary at first New plexi and all pushbuttons + joysticks replaced. old black T-molging used for the edges on the side of the marquee and top of the monitor bezel. (The lights in the bezel are of the …
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Hello! I want to start by thanking everyone for all of their help! The amount of knowledge and resources on this site is incredible. I've been on a mission to finish my bartop arcade cabinet ever since I found about Hyperspin hehe. I finally received my kit from Tippers27 this week and I'm eager to get started. I'm basically replicating mikekim's Retrocade, he was kind enough to supply the PSD files for his artwork and my goal is to make it look as close as possible to the original Tinyarcade kit and Mikes build! Below is Mikes build, its beauuuutiful! lol http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?17297-Retrocade-bartop This is the kit I bought: I got a blank…
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Hello people, first of all, thank you all, with the help of this forum ive finished building one of my projects, this Bartop.. i have built some more, but this one i love the looks and its the first one to have a 22" LCD Here is the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzJE0uPcj8Q&feature=g-upl I will be making (i hope) one for Nvidia , and another with a Soccer theme (and all the soccer games from day one to present)
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Thought I would finally upload my project. Will post the details shortly.
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Heres a preview of a Bartop ive made for a friend, a fan of Slayer (great band), and its a Hanneman´s tribute build. It doent show very much, i need to go to his house and take pics and more videos of it, ive forgot to do it in my house. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KsFdkyR-tw Ill post more when i have them.
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Hi Hyperspin Community, I will start here my Custom Build of a Tron Legacy Theme Cabinet. 1st i am thought is better to plan and build it in cad/3d programs, to see eventually mistakes. So i show at the moment only some scratches And from Time to Time i will post here the progress of the work. I am not so fast because i need to spare some money for some of the stuff. Now here some Pics http://www.3d-artworks.de/view?uID=12&id=8d766f4b88462cf07a2339a22e26fe6a Sry for bad texture , i am not so good in it. Greetings uNkeLo
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Hi all. I have recently started to make a HyperSpin cabinet, just thought I'd post up a few progress pics! First step, collect cabinet :-) Here's a quick pic of the cabinet before starting I tried to sand the inside of the screen edge as it has a curved monitor in before, but because of the angle it was creating some strange shapes in the corners, so I decided to go to town on it, hacksaw style! Two edges almost done Getting the edges perfect by using a low grade sandpaper curled around my finger Three sides now done Cabinet front now screwed back onto the main cab with all buttons reconnected Now a quick closeup of the finish
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Hey was wondering if anyone purchased these from paradise arcade? http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/led-joysticks/812-short-jlf-rgb-shaft-kit-w-slip-ring.html I have them but not sure how to install them. I bought a paceled64 boardhttp://www.ultimarc.com/pacled64.html and rgb buttons from Ultimarc and was very simple to wire up. Then I tried to wire the balltops to it and they are not working. I did just notice that the website says I will need resistors for them. Has anyone messed with this and if so how did you set it up? Thanks
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For all the budding hyper-spinners building on a budget that need a cab and don't have the money or friends/family for woodcutting equipment, or for those who want a portable system, I've found a perfect portable cab box. At Michaels Crafts they have a luggage style, very sturdy and hard cardboard luggage style box that is perfect for only $18. I am currently in the process of relocating my hyperspin set-up into this box. It's about 10 lbs. lighter than the wood box I have, is sturdier, waaaaaaay easier to slice into and has a built in handle so you can take it to a friends house for an impromptu tournament. Don't really play too much at home so I really wanted to make …
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I have always wanted to build a Jukebox. The problem was I did not want to sink a ton of money in a touch screen that was tiny 15 to 19 inch. Finally the larger screens have come down to a reasonable price (kind of) So I designed the cab with a 24 inch touchscreen in mind. I racked my brain for a while figuring out how I would like for it to look and what kind of components I wanted to use. So to solid works I went. After a few days I had all of my CAD files. After I had all of my panels and pieces cut I did the assembly. Then I had to decide whether to design a graphic wrap for the fronts and sides, or go with a stain and lacquer finish. Finally I went with the stai…
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hi all Heres my Bartop but not finished yet need more art for games.
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I guess this had been a long time coming. I always loved going to the arcade or playing video games on my PC or consoles. Every once in a while I would update my MAME to the latest build, would play for a few minutes and then forget about them. Well recently I have raided my parent's attic and found our NES, TG16, and Genesis with all of the games, still in the original boxes. Got to talking about it with a friend at work who is into gaming and somehow got the bright idea that I was going to build an arcade cabinet to compliment my new-found/old collection. He tried to talk me out of it, saying it was tough and that I would start it all psyched and then enthusiasm wo…
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Now that I have created my first cabinet using an XArcade Tankstick, I want to start learning how to create a custom control panel for four players. I was initially going to just by an additional XArcade stick and disassemble and reassemble it inside my own custom control panel, but then I thought that it might be fun to start wiring things together. I have no experience with wiring arcade controls and I was wondering if someone could help me get started by at least telling me what I need and maybe where I can find some good information on how to approach/complete this. I have looked online and saw some things, but I am not sure what is a good approach or what material…
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Can anyone help me out here? I have a 2D drawing of my cabinet side that I need converted into 3D. Took me a long time to put together, 3D has got the best of me. Thanks for any help.
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Ok, this isn't an arcade, but since my tablet is in there I could hook up a wii controller or any blutooth controller and play MAME. I came up with this idea a few months ago and decided what the hell and built it... let me know what you guys think. The website for it isnt up just yet. I will probably just offer the graphics to build your own unless someone really wants me to build one for them. I would of course use a digital picture frame that played video instead of a tablet, or you can throw your tablet in there if you wish.
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So our good friend MontyQ is building a dedicated Popeye cabinet www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?27667-Finally-starting-my-Popeye-machine&p=265331#post265331. I personally don't have room for a full size cabinet, but I can dream. So I ask you, what single game cabinet would you build and why? For me it would be hands down a Mr Do! cabinet. I do remember it as a kid but don't remember playing it much. But I love the gameplay and the sound. I do like the artwork but maybe I prefer the Popeye artwork, but yeah that would be mine. Oh, and MontyQ, if your watching, what would be your next project or are you done after this one.
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Can anyone direct me to a site where I can find a coin pushbutton for on top of my control panel? I'm not looking for the coin drop pushbuttons, but rather a regular pushbutton with perhaps a dollar sign on it or even a large "c". I've seen the pushbuttons where you can put a logo underneath it, but i'm not really interested in doing that. I could have sworn I saw a cabinet with what I'm looking for, but can not find it anymore.
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Just wondering if anyone can tell me do arcade monitors have a factory degaussing coil taped to the back of it like a crt tv tube? Wondering because I use a tv tube that had one and i removed it after decasing the tv. I have tried like heck to gorilla tape it back on but the heat just keeps making it fall off. I played the arcade with it off and didn't seem to affect the tv any. I believe it's on the tv for a reason but was wondering if I can just leave it off. thanks
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In particular I'm trying to design the artwork for my cabinet. I'm starting with the control panel and what I really need is the circular arrow diagrams that go around the joysticks and the circular labels that go around the buttons. I'm sure there is a resource out there where I can import these into photoshop but I can't seem to locate any. I know there are people that have done this themselves! Any help or links would be appreciated. Google image search hasn't given me what I need, but perhaps my search criteria is not cutting it??
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I'm building my first cabinet; I was pretty inspired by the Nintendo cabinet from earlier this year below so I thought I'd try my hand ... http://www.heavy.com/games/2013/05/check-out-this-sweet-nintendo-themed-custom-arcade-cabinet-gallery-video-games/ I changed a few things, namely: * Re-built it so everything's front-access (combination of velcro for the top speaker panel and concealed hinges for the lower door) * Added speaker holes in the top panel so they're not behind the perspex * Built a pull-out drawer with a hinged door for a keyboard / mouse Going well so far, Hyperspin's all set up. I think I've got about 3-4 weeks left including painting (weekend work …
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Hi all I am trying to figure out how to connect wires to a USB keyboard IC/PCB like this one Side A Side B This is the USB Hub I am connecting it too to a Joystick or Arcade controls do I need a special tool to identify where I need the wire connected too. Please if anyone know how to help please drop me a line Thanks :adore::adore:
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well this isn't exactly a cab - but it sports HyperSpin. Ok here's my original concept: crack open an NES controller, piggy back the NES PCB onto a USB keyboard and have a USB NES controller. Nothing new about that, been done before. BUT then Brian_Hoffman showed off his HyperCade and it got me thinking. I knew I couldn't do an entire computer in the controller - but I could do the next best thing, that's where v2 comes in: pretty fancy huh? So I spent today at the store looking for the smallest usb hub I could find, as well as the smallest usb drive and the smallest keyboard PCB. Here's some pictures of what I've got going: I kid you not this drive is like t…
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I'm about to start building my cabinet and I've just recently ordered my microswitches. I understand the concept of NO/NC, but I don't understand why you would ever need to use the NC contact on a microswitch. Are there any circumstances where you would use this?
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Hey Guys and Gals, I am working on a project slightly out of scope to HS. I am building a Raspberry Pi NES and I was wanting to build 2 custom small PCB to act as a port changer/port relocater. I have to use Eagle CAD to draw out the PCB I have a place that will print both boards for me for $40. I cannot for the life of me figure out this eagle CAD software. I was wondering if anyone here has used it and maybe could help me out. I have a jpeg of a paint rendering I did of what the two boards need to look like. . I realize this is out of the scope of HS as there is not HS Linux (specifically ARM) builds out there yet though I really do hope that will change.
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