Resistors are on the board
Email Susan she will adjust the bill for first class mail for silent pads
possible to track a shipping?
armi/Bryan:
Can you clarify this point for meā¦
The Crown CWJ-303J is basically the Crown CWJ-303FK with a different shaft that has 6mm threading to enable handle replacements?
All those numbers and designations give me a headacheā¦ Even brain-freeze after eating ice cream fast is more pleasant!
I just got used to the crazy naming scheme Seimitsu uses for its product, guysā¦
These Asian companies make naming conventions more complicated than they have to beā¦ <lol and cry>
Hey @armi0024, I placed an order last week to be shipped out on Tuesday (per Susan) but I havenāt received a tracking number yet. Could you please clarify when I should expect my shipment? The order number is PWKFBPZBU. Thank you in advance.
sorry guys, I think Susan contact you inendoi
Georgec, yes the CWJ-303J is the crown stick with a 6mm threading
dej, you should have a tracking number, let me know if you donāt but email is the best way to ask, we need order number or name.
Finally, we are looking at making some support pages,
Here is one on hit box silencers (posted before) : http://support.paradisearcadeshop.net/doku.php?id=silent_pads_in_a_hit_box
Here is another one on actuators : http://support.paradisearcadeshop.net/doku.php?id=actuators_explained
If anyone is interested in helping out, @georgec can write the phd dissertation on ball tops, let me know! Anyone who ājoinsā, ie send me an email with what you want for logon info, can post, but Iām also open to a few āadministratorsā if anyone is interested. I also thought this would be great way for people to share their projects.
I laughed at this partā¦
I guess itās a sign that Iām growing up that I can take a good ribbing like that once in a while.
>Iām still a Toys 'R Us Kid at heart, though.<
Iām still playing videogames 30 years later after all!
@georgec it was a bit of a ribbing but you know balltops!
Anyone can set up an account and start editing: http://support.paradisearcadeshop.net/
Yes as admin I can āeditā and I would like to keep links coming back my way, but my goal is informative, so if you present The Link, then you would have to link somewhere elseā¦ for now 
Thanks a ton for the page on actuators, its very helpful! Armi could you compare the seimitsu LS-56ās Matsushita switchās actuation distance to the other microswitches you have available? I want to switch out the stock switches but I donāt want to loose the quick engage of the stick.
Iāl work on it pnoy
So we had an ideaā¦ after a few years of selling 1m long wires with connectors on the ends, I had a revelation. While I was looking at a fight stick the other day, it occurred to meā¦ who in the work uses 1m of wire each time!!! So we contacted our distributor, did some pricing and figured out we can sell 1 wire with 2 quick connects on it for the same price! So now if you are using 1m, the cost is the same, you just cut a connector off, but if you are using less than 1/2m then itās like a two for one every time you buy! Speaking of which its time to change the coupon code, on 9/10 I will update it so all wires are 2 for 1 until the single connector wires are sold out!
Armi, can we get more details on the Kaimana? Specifically, what it can do and a video demonstrating its prowess?
With the teaser video of the Chameleon, Iām kinda leaning towards it for my LED PCB dollarsā¦
People are asking for the details of the Kaimana so here we go
It will be fully compatible with Peleās, Uilaās and our new LED line. (you will also be able to use several other LEDs from other vendors, we will post a list as they are tested)
Hereās the details:
We will have 15 inputs, Inputs will include:
Start, Select, Home, Up, Down, Left, Right
1p, 2p, 3p, 4p
1k, 2k,3k, 4k
How many LEDs can you control with Rgb animation control?
We have tested the board with LED strips with up to 100 LEDs. The pinball machine movies I posted earlier were running off a Kaimana.
Current concepts and released boards aside from the Kaimana can run one action per a port. So if you take the Remora for example: there are 8 RGB outputs so you can control 8 buttons. If you watch the Chameleon video he talks about plugs for all 11 buttons, the joystick and an extra one for an added light around the stick. The limitation is how many RGB connections are on the board.
The Kaimana uses integrated circuits into the LED boards themselves. The Kaimana board produces a signal at a extremely high rate (1000ās of times per second) that travels into the daisy chain of LEDs. The first LED takes this signal, grabs itās color, passes the signal on and displays itās color. This happens at the second, third, etcā¦ The limitation for number of LEDs is basically how many leds your stick can power. Basically you can do this with the board
This board is really only limited by power and imagination. We have plans to launch several add ons that will blow people away. So why the hype an hold up? We had a few snags with PCB manufacturing and cabling. Final cables are in, and final boards are in! However, I am getting ready to do a medical mission trip and I donāt want Susan being the only support for the launch. So, we are going to sell less than 10 kits to a select group of people. These people will be free to share their videos, pictures, etc and help us get ready for a full launch on October 15th. We received the cables yesterday and now have enought supplies for about 250 set ups starting on the 15th.
For anyone interested in getting a head startā¦ Pele will have a direct plug and play adapter board, and Uilas will be usuable with a crimped fitting, so you can build ahead and light them up when we do the full release.
I installed Little Kahunas in some Seimitsu buttons and they are quiet as a mouse now. Substantially more quiet than a stock button. I highly recommend them to anyone looking into silent buttons.
Its about damn time amri LOL. So 10/15/13 is the day. Looks like I will be buying some peleās this weekend and waiting on the LED board. So will I need the harness for the peleās or will you still provide them with the board. Just wanted to know before I pruchase the Peleās
thanks for the update.
Pele harnesses will be an addon for the adapter board, It sounds a bit involved but itās going to be very very easy to hook these up.
Believe me, no one is more frustrated with products not getting out than me. I have dozens of ideas we canāt get to because we are still trying to get these finished up!!!
I canāt find it so i dunno if it was mentioned, but whatās a rough approx. on the kaimana boardās physical dimensions?
Finally Armi! This is what I wanted to hear. Great news.
Interesting. Based on what you said, the Kaimana would be excellent for case lighting effects. I plan to incorporate it into my modded EVO stick (has a translucent case).
I too would like to know the Kaimanaās dimensions.
Also, whats this medical mission trip you speak of? Are you ill?
About 1 1/4" x 3 1/4"
There will be a few options at first, .100 headers, solder holes, and/or screw terminals
It is set up with a pass through so you can run your exisiting PS360+ wires in one side and just connect new short wires between the Kaimana and the PS360+ on the other. The pin outs are made to mate. (not in size, but in order)
Iām not ill,(but thank you for the concern ) Iām going to do a medical out reach trip with Shrinerās Hospital down to the South Pacific
Iāve played with 3 different brands of switches on the LS-56. Omron, Matsushita, and Cherry. They all engage about the same, what makes the LS series of sticks so fast is the placement of the switches and the levers. Right now Iām using the the Ormon switches, but I put in the tension plates from the Matsushita because the force to activate the Omron didnāt feel tense enough. While quieter, it turns out I like the stock switch tension, but ended up killing the other switches so I swapped some of the internal parts.
For what itās worth, the internals between Gersung, Matsushita, and Omron are all relatively the same. Most of the parts are nearly identical, what separates them is the actuation force and the quality of the plastic housing. Omron has the best quality plastic, with Matsushita and Gersung being nearly identical. The internals are all equally as high quality as the other, you can mix and match however you wish. This goes for Omron switches made in Japan and Indonesia, no difference between the quality of the switches even though most would be biased to think the Japanese Omron switches are superior. Equal quality between the 3 major Asian switches.
Cherry is a totally different design, actuates about the same but the pin is a little bit taller, so it gets pressed in earlier. While I like them, I feel theyāre much better for buttons considering 75 grams is a bit too light for joystick usage IMO. You could pop in a replacement spring for more tension if you really wanted to use low force switches. Theyāre great quality but because of the difference in design, you canāt swap the internals out with other switches. I also donāt recommend opening them, theyāre extremely volatile little switches and the springs will pop out easy and theyāre a huge pain in the ass to put back together. Zippy has a similar design, but not quite the same so you canāt swap internals. Zippy is pretty decent, too, believe it or not. I just donāt use them because the only ones I have are 20 gram switches, which are not my preference.
And credit for those Kahunaās that iNendoi put in goes to Moonchilde
We need to get that commentary on LS-56 mods on the support page