MiSTer FPGA Forum

Ahh, thank you. So some games (particularly console games) need a "select" button for each player, in addition to the start button and "action" buttons (kick, punch, etc)? And yes, I was going to have a wired coin slot for the arcade (I've seen some builds have a dedicated "coin" button for this purpose, but I wanted t...

Thank you very much for the detailed reply, that helps tremendously. A few follow-op questions: 1) I was thinking of having a coin door wired as a switch when activated, rather than "add coin" buttons, for authenticity. Does this make sense, or is this a bad idea? I do have room to add theses buttons in the future if needed. 2) By "S...

Hi all. Working on my 1st arcade build, making a stand-up arcade. I have two joysticks, each with 8 buttons (two rows, 4 and 4) plus dedicated player 1 and player 2 buttons, all feeding into an I-PAC type controller, which then connects to the MISTER. What is the minimum # of additional keys/buttons that would be needed to have (mostly) keyboardles...

Hi again. Ok, answering my own question, in case it will help anyone else: Apparently, I just needed to play around with the PACLED64.exe app for a bit (not the most intuitive, but fairly simple once you understand a few basics): 1. I'm using a controller called the Ultimate I/O made by Ultimarc. They have others that may work with this program as ...

Thank you for the replies. Ultimarc sells a basic controller that just controls leds (not combined with an input controller) with a mini usb connection to the PC/Pi. It might be possible to hook that up to a basic rasberry pi running LEDBlinky or some other led controlling LINUX software, and have the main I-PAC connected to the MISTER for controls...

Hi all. I'm very new to all of this, but have been methodically putting together components and building my 1st arcade around the MISTER FPGA. I decided to go with the Ultimarc Ultimate I/O board, and RGB light-up buttons, thinking that I could somehow configure the on-board memory on the controller to set them to specific colors (either a color se...

Hi there. I came across this page doing a google search. I was wondering if there's been any update/progress with this project. Seems like a great idea, allowing the Nano FPGA to control LED buttons. Thank you for any info.