Midi Fighter LED arcade button Mod
Midi Fighter LED arcade button Mod Posted on: 20.05.2011 by Lanny Vanosten Ok, finally had some time to change the standard arcade buttons for the LED ones I had made few months ago.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ7cLfgfoso ....Can't wait to put them in the new midi fighters... BC | |
| Antony Cavoto 31.05.2011 |
Originally Posted by Rob
They do not make a 24mm diameter button! |
| Antony Cavoto 26.05.2011 |
Originally Posted by Rusty
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| Lanny Vanosten 20.05.2011 | Ok, finally had some time to change the standard arcade buttons for the LED ones I had made few months ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ7cLfgfoso ....Can't wait to put them in the new midi fighters... BC |
| Antony Cavoto 01.06.2011 | As far as action buttons, I believe it's just the 24mm and 30mm standards. |
| Nelle Potrzebowski 01.06.2011 | Didn't notice that, I really should do my homework! So how many different sizes of arcade buttons are there? |
| Antony Cavoto 31.05.2011 |
Originally Posted by Rob
They do not make a 24mm diameter button! |
| Venetta Cawyer 31.05.2011 | Awesome but it'd cost you about 152 euro to make 'em that pretty, something I really wouldn't pay on top of the cost of a normal MidiFighter DIY kit.. |
| Nelle Potrzebowski 31.05.2011 | Very nice, almost perfect, but......... http://arcadeforge.de/?page_id=789 Engraving + RGB LED's = |
| Adolf Hit 27.05.2011 | Who knows - maybe one day |
| Antony Cavoto 26.05.2011 |
Originally Posted by Rusty
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| Ethel Saracco 26.05.2011 | Wow nice work! I'm definitely jealous. Would have been nice to see something like this implemented by DJTT into the new MF Pro's. Looks like a fair bit of work though. |
| Janella Schlappich 26.05.2011 | woooah great job! looks amazing! |
| Adolf Hit 24.05.2011 | Nice work |
| Randal Biza 24.05.2011 | Really impressive! |
| Tynisha Teeman 24.05.2011 | Awesome work! |
| Lorelei Przybylowicz 21.05.2011 | Cool man - can you list the part numbers ? |
| Antony Cavoto 21.05.2011 | Brilliant! Thanks for the detail shots... I am sorely tempted. |
| Lanny Vanosten 21.05.2011 | The button switches are in fact Sanwa. I could not get the Seimitsu clear plunger to fit in the sanwa housings because it was half-a-millimetre bigger (too tight). So the switches were pulled out of their housings and installed in the seimitsu bodies.(It was the only way to get the connector pins to fit side-by side on the midi fighter board.) I had to buy two sets of buttons to do this. The other difference is that the Seimitsu don't have the side locking pins. (which still works because the MF connector clips hold the buttons in place anyway.) The tiny board LEDs were un-soldered (light tubes discarded) and replaced with a 2 inch wire lead (they tuck neatly undeneath the buttons) and have a tiny 2 pin harness that connects to the LED pins that stick out from the bottom of the button. I can change the button colors anytime without having to un-solder anything in future. This is why the USB power drives the unit as before with no additional drain. Anyway, can't wait to do this mod on the new MF pros! BC |
| Antony Cavoto 21.05.2011 | That is super tidy! I assume the MF (and the USB port its connected to) can handle the current of the extra LEDs OK? Such a shame Sanwa dont make a clear button... |
| Lorelei Przybylowicz 21.05.2011 | That's cool. How did you do it ? |
| Jami Nejad 21.05.2011 | Spectacular! It's fuckin awesome actually. |
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