henrebotha / pangolin

A system for designing and building custom arcade-style game controllers.
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Brook Fighting Board is difficult to fit #1

Open henrebotha opened 2 years ago

henrebotha commented 2 years ago

In the current version of the design, there's a cutout in the switch plate to leave space for a Brook Fighting Board. However, it's a very tight fit. There's just enough room for the USB cable to pass between the U and R buttons. And the board must be mounted using something extremely low profile; even the shortest PCB feet I was able to find are too thick, causing stress on the USB port.

One potential improvement is to change the switch plate from its current "T" shape to something like a sideways "J". In other words, connect the U button to the other buttons from the far right, not in the middle. This should open up a tiny bit more space.

One could also mount the U button on an entirely separate tiny switch plate to achieve something similar. This would require more hardware though. One would also need to consider how then to fix the north-south positioning of the main switch plate.

henrebotha commented 2 years ago

To clarify what I meant, I am suggesting changing the switch plate shape from roughly this…

┌──────────────┐
│              │
└─────┐  ┌─────┘
      │  │
      └──┘

…to roughly this.

┌──────────────┐
│              │
└───────────┐  │
      ┌─────┘  │
      └────────┘

Doing so might create a gap between the main section and the thumb button, allowing the Brook board to be mounted such that its tallest parts can poke through that gap. This needs to be verified in CAD though.