MakeyArcadeStick

Make your MakeyMakey into a MAME Arcade Controller!

Version

1.0

Tested With

• Arduino IDE 1.6
• SDL MAME 0.159

Features

• Simple button configuration.
• Extremely light-weight code for reactive button presses.

Build Instructions

• Option A:
• 1. Clone the repository

 $ git clone https://github.com/jealas/MakeyArcadeStick

• 2. Open the Arduino IDE.
• 3. Open the MakeyArcadeStick.ino file inside of the MakeyArcadeStick folder.

• 4*. Customize your button mappings if you want (default button mappings work out of the box with MAME).

• 5. Flash the new Firmware.
• 6. Connect your buttons (sett wiring information below).
• 7. Enjoy your new arcade stick!

• Option B:

• 1. Download the Respository as a .zip file (click the Download button to the right).
• 2. Extract the folder inside of the .zip file.
• 3. Rename the folder to: MakeyArcadeStick
• 4. Open the Arduino IDE.
• 5. Open the MakeyArcadeStick.ino file inside of the MakeyArcadeStick folder.

• 6*. Customize your button mappings if you want (default button mappings work out of the box with MAME).

• 7. Flash the new Firmware.
• 8. Connect your buttons (see wiring information below).
• 9. Enjoy your new arcade stick!

Configuration Example

• Valid Key values can be found here: Arduino Keyboard Valid Keys
• Simply change these bindings in the MakeyArcadeStick.ino file, then flash and you're done!
• The array below defines MakeyButtons where the first value is a pin on the MakeyMakey and
• the second value is the key you want pressed when the button bound to the pin is pressed.
• Valid Pins are: A0-A5, D0-D5 and D14-D16.
• You can remove/add as many buttons as you'd like and even set up a button that presses mutliple keys!

MakeyButton buttons[] = {{MakeyPin::A5, KEY_UP_ARROW},
                         {MakeyPin::A4, KEY_DOWN_ARROW},
                         {MakeyPin::A3, KEY_LEFT_ARROW},
                         {MakeyPin::A2, KEY_RIGHT_ARROW},

                         {MakeyPin::A1, '5'},
                         {MakeyPin::A0, '1'},

                         {MakeyPin::D5, KEY_LEFT_CTRL}, //left control
                         {MakeyPin::D4, KEY_LEFT_ALT}, // left alt
                         {MakeyPin::D3, ' '}, // space
                         {MakeyPin::D14, 'c'}, // c

                         {MakeyPin::D2, KEY_LEFT_SHIFT}, // left shift
                         {MakeyPin::D1, 'z'}, // z
                         {MakeyPin::D0, 'x'}, // x
                         {MakeyPin::D15, 'v'} // v
};

MAME Arcade Stick Layout

• The button layout below corresponds to the default, out of the box settings for MAME.
• C = Player 1 Coin
• S = Player 1 Start
• U = Player 1 Up
• D = Player 1 Down
• R = Player 1 Right
• L = Player 1 Left
• 1 - 8 = Player 1 Buttons 1 - 8

Wiring

• Wiring is Simple!
• All you need is one wire per button (directionals, coin, start, buttons 1 - 8).
• All ground connections can be daisy-chained, so you really only need 1 or 2 wires for the ground pins.
• Button Mappings:
• Pin A5 -> Up Button
• Pin A4 -> Down Button
• Pin A3 -> Left Button
• Pin A2 -> Right Button
• Pin A1 -> Player 1 Coin Button
• Pin A0 -> Player 1 Start Button
• Pin D5 -> Player 1 Button 1
• Pin D4 -> Player 1 Button 2
• Pin D3 -> Player 1 Button 3
• Pin D2 -> Player 1 Button 4
• Pin D1 -> Player 1 Button 5
• Pin D0 -> Player 1 Button 6
• Pin D14 -> Player 1 Button 7
• Pin D15 -> Player 1 Button 8

Todo's

• Create Wiring Diagram.
• Add Documentation
• Make an Arduino Leonardo version.
• Make a generic arduino version (will need to reflash the USB Serial Microcontroller).

License

Apache 2.0