bricknivy
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Although I've been a long time fan of this community I just recently registered and can't thank everyone enough for the help on this forum!
I have a question regarding power supplies and LED trackballs / buttons and I was wondering if someone could point me to another thread or link that may discuss this. I tried to do a general search but wasn't successful in finding direct answers to my couple questions.
My general question involves replacing my normal trackball and buttons on my PGA Tour Golf Challenge machine and Target Toss: Bags machine with illuminated options. I know these will have to be powered by the computer power supply but I've never had to tap into that before. Is this something that I will have to hack into myself or do they sell simple kits for plug and play? In addition, would I be able to power a trackball and separate buttons at the same time or would I need an additional power source? When searching it looks like some of these trackballs are USB powered and others have a pin adapter. I'm assuming I can't use the USB powered as that would be for a MAME set up but both of my games are powered by computers with hard drives so maybe I am mistaken?
Thanks so much for any and all help/advice. I can't wait until I am able to contribute some knowledge to this community as well!
I have a question regarding power supplies and LED trackballs / buttons and I was wondering if someone could point me to another thread or link that may discuss this. I tried to do a general search but wasn't successful in finding direct answers to my couple questions.
My general question involves replacing my normal trackball and buttons on my PGA Tour Golf Challenge machine and Target Toss: Bags machine with illuminated options. I know these will have to be powered by the computer power supply but I've never had to tap into that before. Is this something that I will have to hack into myself or do they sell simple kits for plug and play? In addition, would I be able to power a trackball and separate buttons at the same time or would I need an additional power source? When searching it looks like some of these trackballs are USB powered and others have a pin adapter. I'm assuming I can't use the USB powered as that would be for a MAME set up but both of my games are powered by computers with hard drives so maybe I am mistaken?
Thanks so much for any and all help/advice. I can't wait until I am able to contribute some knowledge to this community as well!