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Best place to buy large project boxes (DIY controllers)


Shawn

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either though distrubution such as digikey or mouser or direct from factory, pactech, polycase, hammond manufacturing and bud industries are usually my go to all have nice slant top control panel cases, hell hammond even has them in walnut and brushed aluminium if you want to pay out the nose for it

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Aluminum bread pans turned upside down maybe? The old heavy ones like you can get at goodwill for a buck or two. Could use an old Nintendo, could even shove the cord in the door when not in use. Ran across some high density plastic boxes at hobby lobby once. They were clear, so you could get creative there. I reckon folks put flowers in them or something.

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Old aluminum bread pans turned upside down, like you get at goodwill for a buck or two. Could use a Nintendo, could even shove the cord in the door when not in use. I saw some clear high density boxes at hobby lobby one time. I think folks put flowers in them. You could get pretty creative with them.

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http://www.allelectronics.com is typically a good place to find project boxes, but not in this case. They sell 1 box that fit's your size requirements, but it's $24.50.

 

http://www.amazon.com has a good deal on the iCade Core Arcade controller for the iPad $17.99 new. The iCade has an arcade joystick, 8 buttons and a bluetooth controller that works fine with an iPhone/iPad, but not much else. Considering the low price, you could buy the iCade, rip out the bluetooth controller and replace it with your own electronics or a Rasberry Pi. I recently bought one and am working on mounting the Rasberry Pi now - there's plenty of room on the left side of the cabinet. Google Porta Pi Arcade for more info on how to connect a joystick and buttons to a Rasberry Pi.

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