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– ASSEMBLY
2.1 – ARCADE BOX
The first step in assembling our Arcade kit is to prepare the box.
Conveniently, the box this
product came in was designed to be easily converted into the arcade
.
Carefully cut out the
slots for buttons and joystick.
However, feel free to use any box or casing you have in mind or
re-arrange the buttons and joystick any way you like.
Figure 1- Box Template
2.2 – BUTTON & JOYSTICK WIRING
Once your case is prepared, we can move on to wiring. In this step we are creating custom cables
which can be a little bit tricky. (The longer the wire, the easier it is to connect in the box.)
Figure 2 - Signal Wire
You will need 10 of these. Make sure all are working before proceeding.
1
Cut off one end of the wire and strip it to expose the bare wire (a few mm)
2
Twist or fold the bare wire so that it seems large enough for crimping
3
Place the red crimp connector in the crimping tool and feed the wire into the socket (not too
far)
4
Squeeze the crimping tool to crush the connector and fix the wire in place. (repeat if
necessary)
5
Give the wire a gentle tug to check it does not come loose.
