Timpharrison
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@flippertje - how did you finish the cabinet, is it painted or vinyl wrap? Looks great
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6 minutes ago, spa said:
But the screen may even change again as one of my other digis has stopped working, and the touch screen is a bit bigger. So if that can't be sorted, that will go in.
My gosh just seen Test Pilot - that was my absolute favourite as a kid! It was actually the thing that got me into the emu scene, as I wanted to play it again.
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I'm going to base my cabinet on this MDF shell from eBay. I will request no button holes in the control panel and will drill these myself. I'm planning to go for 8 buttons which should be fine considering I will have a touchscreen. Will also add buttons elsewhere on the cab for coin in and service buttons.
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18 hours ago, spa said:
I have added a touch screen to mine, works great! Only got 9 actual buttons, two of those won't really be machine buttons.
Would love to see a picture of this if you'd be willing to share
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@flippertje - this looks fantastic, pretty much exactly what I'm going to try to achieve on my build. Did you think about using a touch screen instead of a monitor? Adds about £100 to the build cost, so I'm undecided whether its worthwhile. I will definitely add physical buttons for cancel/hold/feature/start but would be nice to use touchscreen for any extra buttons in the layouts.
My first fruit cabinet
in Cabinet Building
Posted · Edited by Timpharrison
Been meaning to post an update on my build (which is at least partly inspired by flippertje’s work!
- MDF cabinet flatpack from eBay
- 23.8” Hannspree touch screen monitor
- salvaged HP PC taken out of case
- Will have 9 physical buttons on top panel plus coin and service buttons on front
- will use MiniPac and PacDrive to control inputs and lamps
A couple of weeks in to the build and it’s coming together nicely. The main issue is I wish I’d have gone with a mini-PC or NUC as the small-form-factor PC takes up a lot of room, even now removed from its case. It’s just making work much harder.
My other issue is how to cover the gap between the cabinet and the monitor. I can’t put a sheet of perspex with painted bezel on top, as that would stop the touchscreen working.
Software-wise, I’m using LaunchBox but super-disappointed to find I can’t scroll the interface using touch gestures. This is standard Windows functionality that is somehow broken in LaunchBox
All in all, having tremendous fun putting this together.