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by dekkit
Sun Aug 18, 2024 2:18 am
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: Converting an Arcade Spinner for Arcade1UP to PC/Mister
Replies: 4
Views: 2394

Re: Converting an Arcade Spinner for Arcade1UP to PC/Mister

short answer: not sure / Probably need more adjustment. You can easily modify the code though. For the spinner ...spinjoy outputs both x/y for mouse (so when you plug it in to a PC the mouse cursor goes in a diagonal line). In mame PC, I just set it to respond to mouse X axis and it worked fine. Although it's easy comment out the values you don't n...
by dekkit
Sat Aug 17, 2024 5:04 am
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: Converting an Arcade Spinner for Arcade1UP to PC/Mister
Replies: 4
Views: 2394

Re: Converting an Arcade Spinner for Arcade1UP to PC/Mister

Thanks!

Also for those on an extreme budget / don't have a spare arduino / don't want to buy extra parts and just want a super easy spinner to make....

... feel free to try out this easy and reversible 'mouse to spinner' hack too

https://github.com/dekkit/Strap-On-Mouse-Spinner

(It works really great for what it is!)

by dekkit
Fri Aug 16, 2024 12:09 pm
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: Converting an Arcade Spinner for Arcade1UP to PC/Mister
Replies: 4
Views: 2394

Converting an Arcade Spinner for Arcade1UP to PC/Mister

I couldn't find any existing Arduino projects to convert these clone 1up arcade spinners to USB - so I decided to try it myself. These are originally designed as replacements for 1up arcade machines. The rotary encoder used in these doesn't quite output like other encoders and confuses the encoder sampling code used in many other Arduino projects. ...