PCBs comming soon!

I am working on importing one PCB a smart German designer has fabbed, to allow PS3 support for Xbox 360 joysticks.  Mostly useful for fighting game tournament players who want to take one stick to use on any console (most people play on 360 at home but PS3 is Evo tournament standard).

The one I am more excited about, because I am having a bit of a part in helping design, is a PSX>Jamma converter.  The DB-15 output is Neo Geo AES native, but since the multiplexed lines from the PSX output are filtered to individual pins, it is super simple to make your own adapters from the DB-15 to ANY system.  No hacking your expensive imported joystick to support multiple consoles neccessary.  Just wire a hacked pad to a male DB-15 port and plug it in!

This product will be very useful to Neo geo enthusiasts, fighting game players, and I think also the Shmup community would find this very useful, because they could keep their HRAPs stock for consoles instead of gutting them to some proprietary supergun standard.

If interested in any pre-orders, email me!

To note for later:

Found a VERY interesting video of mechanical navy fire control computers from 1953, describes different types of cams and differentials and gearing:

GENE SLOVERS US NAVY PAGES

I am also trying to recieve a TGIMBOEJ box, so if you know what that means, please email me at (spam avoider)  julianwblake, at gmail  dotttcom thanks!

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This is my website where I will track my various projects, including electronics, automotive, gardening, etc.

Current Projects:

Supergun:  95% complete.  Still need to add an audio attenuation circuit, and probably replace ATX power supply with an actual arcade power supply, but other than lack of working arcade boards, system itself works fine.  Here is a picture of the unit with Martial Champion PCB plugged in with the unit on and illuminated, two joysticks in front:

Semi-related:  I will get two PSX pads and hack them into a project box so that both of the above sticks can work on playstations, or go through a PSX > whatever converter to be used on whatever system.  There would be no additional lag introduced beyond the psx converter on top of my own, because the above joysticks don’t contain any logic chips, they are just neo geo AES/jamma with a custom pinout and would essentially be extended wires from the playstation PCBs.  The speed of electrons being what they are, a few additional feet of copper from the PSX pcb will not introduce lag.  I have a PSX>USB converter that is lagless from what I can tell (I am VERY picky about it, it is 1 fps MAX if that), that these would work nicely with.

Kinetic art:  I am trying to go from being a straight electronics hobbyist and branch off to mechanical, and electro-mechanical.  The electromechanical arcade machines from the 20′s and 30′s have really captured my imagination.  I would like to make something beautiful that moves, and does nothing but vent some creativity.