My neo joystick and the crappy consolized 1-slot

I don't think I've ever posted any pics of my joysticks or board here, so I figured I might as well.

Joystick:
I used 3/4" particle board I believe (I made these a while ago), buttons and joystick from Happ, and the pause switch is from Radio Shack. There's plexiglass on top as well with a spraypainted design below. I should have put the buttons higher up on the joystick and next time I'll use a different design for when I build my Street Fighter II controllers. Overall, not too bad for my first joystick attempt in my opinion. They also work on the AES system as well.

<img src="http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~mahlebas/NeoGeoPics/Pict0046.JPG" alt=" - " />

<img src="http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~mahlebas/NeoGeoPics/Pict0047.JPG" alt=" - " />

<img src="http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~mahlebas/NeoGeoPics/Pict0048.JPG" alt=" - " />


Board:
Just a mini 1 slot board. I used some Radio Shack small project box and cut holes in the front and sides. DB-15 connectors in front so I can use Neo sticks or the ones I made with it. The side has a Din 8 pin connector to go to my magnavox monitor since I havent finished building my RGB-->NTSC converter as I dont feel like spending $100 to buy one. Other side has a power supply connector for a PC power supply since I had an extra one laying around. There's an audio out connector on the front. I broke my jamma edge connector, so i just soldered everything straight on and then put tape over it to make it look fancier (Can't see in picture).

<img src="http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~mahlebas/NeoGeoPics/Pict0049.JPG" alt=" - " />

Hey man thats not to shabby. Thats a nice setup you have there. The custom stick looks nice, though i agree the buttons look like they could be put more towards the top. Im gearing up to build my own custom stick. I still am looking for a suitable enclosure for my supergun though.

How did you break your edge connector? Sucks that that happened.

You say you are building your RGB->NTSC encoder? Im just wondering where you are getting the plans to do this. I'd like to build one for another project i want to do as i dont want to spend another $80 for a jrok (even though they are oh so nice).

Anyway keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing your SF2 custom stick when it is done. Be sure to post some pics.

-Wes

jhendrix has some brief info on his site about rgb to ntsc
you just need to pick up some chip from analog devices - through a distriburtor or get a free sample (thats how i got mine)
ad724 or ad725 is the chip you need
<a href="http://www.analog.com/Analog_Root/productPage/productHome/0,2121,AD724,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.analog.com/Analog_Root/productPage/productHome/0,2121,AD724,00.html</a>
<a href="http://www.analog.com/Analog_Root/productPage/productHome/0%2C2121%2CAD725%2C00.html" target="_blank">http://www.analog.com/Analog_Root/productPage/productHome/0%2C2121%2CAD725%2C00.html</a>
then you just need to buy a bunch of parts and solder it all together
i just picked up the wrong clock thing for the setup so i need to do some reading and figure out what type to buy
im kinda confused on that part
after i do that itll be easy from there
it should cost $25 at most when i have it done
much cheaper than the $80 jrok
ive just been busy with school so i havent bothered with it lately
the jamma edge connecter i smashed when i was soldering or desoldering or something
i was frustrated so i just smashed it

Cool so you are using JHendrix's instructions. I figured as much as jhendrixs site is really helkpful for supergun related stuff. Anyway good luck on your project. I know once school gets out i will be gearing up to work on a few projects. Oh and thanks for the links.