Re: Another Question


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Posted by Joel on 26, 2000 at 12:02 AM:

In Reply to: Re: Another Question posted by JadeKnight on 25, 2000 at 12:47 PM:

> If you follow one side of the "bar" you are >reffering to, you'll notice that it goes either >to a chip or to another button. If it goes to >another button, it's ground. The ground goes >around the hole controller, button to button. >(Read Common)

Ok, I know which sides are ground now. I think you misunderstood my "bar" thing though. I thought it would be to hard to explain in words. I guess that means I have to go to plan B, the crappy key board diagram. Say __A__ is one side of the circle, __B__ is the other side, and all the | are the bars. When put together it looks kind of like this:
_ _ A _ _
| | | | |
_|_| |_|_|
B

I know it is pretty bad, but imagine each side curved into a half circle and |s (| = 1 bar) a little bit longer. When it is like this it makes it difficult to solder just one side because the bars are so close to touching the other side. I guess the only way to deal with this is to be very careful, but any soldering tips you might have would be nice.

> The ground is allready common at the board. >Sorry if I confused you here. It means that you >only need to soldier one ground from your board, >and use the same wire as ground to all your >buttons. NB! You need one ground on each >controller.

This kind of confuses me. Does this mean I will solder one ground wire to the circuit board and this wire will go to each arcade buttons?

That is about it for now. All your help has really been great. Maybe once I get my first project done I won't be such a "ditz" on the subject and won't have to rely on key board diagrams for help ^_^. Thanks again for all your help.

Joel Garner
Joel82@aol.com


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