Jaguar Rotary Controllers ?

[nicolaspersijn]

I just ordered a bunch of 74hc244's so I'll be able to fix this problem myself for anyone who might run into it with one of my rotaries. So far, out of the 100's I've built over the last 4 years, Machine is the only one who's ever contacted me about it.

[Machine]

Yeah, Static is really bad here. I have lost several controllers(at least five).

I was told it was my system shorting out and I ended up shelling out hundreds buying a new Jag system and more controllers.

 

Thanks to Zerosquare guiding me towards the 74hc244 chip, we now know that chip can be taken out with static shock.

So a 52 cent chip and a metal rotary knob ended up costing me $300-400 easily. I have switched to a plastic knob.

 

I had to buy over a dozen different plastic knobs to find one that works good. I actually like it better than the metal ones.

[Machine]

If anyone needs a good plastic(nice and heavy) rotary knob, I can point you towards the one I like the best.

I now am the proud owner of the largest Jaguar Rotary Knob collection in Colorado(maybe the world)!!!!

Edited February 4, 2017 by Machine

[Cyprian]

Colleague from Polish Atari did such a controller:

 

[PeterG]

That looks cool, but it is missing one button.

[Cyprian]

actually it is connected to the Jaguar thorugh the original Jaguar controller

[PeterG]

Yes, the picture of the controller shows that, I just meant it would be cool to have a third button on the rotary itself (shoot, jump, superzapp, for example:))

[Machine]

That would be cool if the rotary was also a push button. They make rotary encoders that can do that, but I have never used one. I wonder if you would push it by mistake if you got excited??

[Machine]

Just got this one in today. It has some nice weight to it and is the perfect size.

[juansolo]

Theses are mine that I've just made out of a pair of NOS controllers I got sent over from the States by a friend.

 

The spinner mod is a doddle this way. it's a Bourns rotary encoder, specifically this one: PEC11R-4015K-N0024 You can get it from Mouser.

 

Then it's just a switch, a knob and 4 wires. I highly recommend it.

 

I'd also like to say, where I've put them is ideal. They don't get in the way at all during normal play. Flick the switch and flip it over and the 3 buttons fall nicely under your fingers on your left hand and the spinner just feels natural this way.

Edited February 12, 2017 by juansolo

[+af0l]

That would be cool if the rotary was also a push button. They make rotary encoders that can do that, but I have never used one. I wonder if you would push it by mistake if you got excited??

 

I have just purchased a couple of Bourns encoders which have the pushbutton built in, as they didn't have the ones without at my supplier. They seem pretty stiff, but we'll see once the Rebooteroids start...

[+madman]

If anyone needs a good plastic(nice and heavy) rotary knob, I can point you towards the one I like the best.

I now am the proud owner of the largest Jaguar Rotary Knob collection in Colorado(maybe the world)!!!!

What's the knob you use? Somewhere I've got a Jag controller w/a busted d-pad that I can mod for this.

[Machine]

I really like this one. I blacked out the white line and put the Atari chrome logo on the knob:

http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=1120virtualkey51200000virtualkey5164-1120

 

Here is the rotary encoder I really like:

http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=PEC11R-4015F-N0024virtualkey65210000virtualkey652-PEC11R-4015F-N24

 

Edited February 14, 2017 by Machine

[Machine]

Here is a picture of the controller board. There are pics of the first gen controllers online, but I never found a picture of the second gen controller boards(with the skinny cords).