Thanks! Because of your video, I went ahead and built my own. I did a Captain America theme. Etsy has a Captain America and the Avengers dust protector for the joystick. I just kinda went from there. You rule!
Nice video, really helpful. I'm in Brazil, so I'm looking for parts (instead of using the links you provided) to do something like this, and I'm having trouble figuring out which encoders are compatible which consoles. I have a Series X, any tips for figuring out compatibility? Thanks
Thank you for posting this and explaining the science as you go. I am building a raspberry pi based arcade machine and this video is exactly what I needed. Question for you: I want to build a 4 player system, and currently the kit I have has individual gamepad encoders for each joystick/buttons combo. So I believe I will have to set them up individually and connect to the pi. I've also seen people "daisy-chain" connections in some setups but i don't understand how that works. Can you daisy chain 4 controllers to one encoder? Is having 4 encoders with 4 usb outputs the most efficient way to do this? Thanks!!
Great question. If you use 4 encoders, you have to be aware of the USB ID, and sometimes your OS might not remember that player 1 is encoder 1, 2 is 2, etc. I would personally use an IPAC4, which is a 4 player keyboard encoder (like we all used in the good old days, lol). It can encode 4 players with 8 buttons each, but encodes them as keyboard entries rather than gamepad inputs. amzn.to/3T3cp6Z As far as “daisy chaining”, I’m guessing you’re talking about the ground connections. With a 4 player encoder, you should definitely make a ground daisy chain, the. Just wire the second connector of each button/switch directly to the encoder. Hope that helps!
thank you so much for this video! I have a question - what if instead of using a joystick I want to use directional buttons aka up-down-left-right, does normal standard gamepad encoder support that or do i have to get some kinda specific one? thanks
You can use any type of buttons instead of a joystick (even the same types of push buttons that you use for your kick/punch/shoot type buttons). The encoder is just looking for a switch to open and close. That switch could be a button or joystick direction. You may have to make your own wire harness depending on what type of connectors the encoder uses or comes with. Let me know if you have any other questions!
Thanks! Because of your video, I went ahead and built my own. I did a Captain America theme. Etsy has a Captain America and the Avengers dust protector for the joystick. I just kinda went from there. You rule!
Awesome! Enjoy it even more since you built it yourself! Thanks for watching and thanks for letting me know about your success!
Thanks for making this video! I got that Microcenter kit, and I didn't understand how to set up the pins. This was really useful!!
Thanks! Glad it helped out. Sometimes companies skimp out on instructions, lol. Thanks for watching!
I built something very similar. Was not happy with the functionality of the USB interface. I modded it to work with my old school NES. Works amazing.
Nice video, really helpful.
I'm in Brazil, so I'm looking for parts (instead of using the links you provided) to do something like this, and I'm having trouble figuring out which encoders are compatible which consoles. I have a Series X, any tips for figuring out compatibility?
Thanks
Can you do another with either
Suzo-happ, Industrious Lorenzo or
EG starters ???
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Also a arduino or brooks pcb ?
Thank you for posting this and explaining the science as you go. I am building a raspberry pi based arcade machine and this video is exactly what I needed.
Question for you: I want to build a 4 player system, and currently the kit I have has individual gamepad encoders for each joystick/buttons combo. So I believe I will have to set them up individually and connect to the pi.
I've also seen people "daisy-chain" connections in some setups but i don't understand how that works. Can you daisy chain 4 controllers to one encoder? Is having 4 encoders with 4 usb outputs the most efficient way to do this?
Thanks!!
Great question. If you use 4 encoders, you have to be aware of the USB ID, and sometimes your OS might not remember that player 1 is encoder 1, 2 is 2, etc.
I would personally use an IPAC4, which is a 4 player keyboard encoder (like we all used in the good old days, lol). It can encode 4 players with 8 buttons each, but encodes them as keyboard entries rather than gamepad inputs. amzn.to/3T3cp6Z
As far as “daisy chaining”, I’m guessing you’re talking about the ground connections. With a 4 player encoder, you should definitely make a ground daisy chain, the. Just wire the second connector of each button/switch directly to the encoder. Hope that helps!
@@FamilyGeekery thank you! I will check out the ipac4 encoder! Again, thank you for what you do. I really like learning this way
thank you so much for this video!
I have a question - what if instead of using a joystick I want to use directional buttons aka up-down-left-right, does normal standard gamepad encoder support that or do i have to get some kinda specific one? thanks
You can use any type of buttons instead of a joystick (even the same types of push buttons that you use for your kick/punch/shoot type buttons). The encoder is just looking for a switch to open and close. That switch could be a button or joystick direction. You may have to make your own wire harness depending on what type of connectors the encoder uses or comes with. Let me know if you have any other questions!