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System Specs
System Specification for econ - Emulator Console

Project Mame - Nanocade - VertiCade - WeeCade - Taitorama - econ

 

                    econ

 



Cooling system:

Intake directly to the CPU cooler
past the hard disk on the way out.


The finished econ - Complete with real walnut veneer!

 

 

 

 

 


Controls:


- Seimitsu LS-32 with 34 mm blue ball top
- Sanwa 30 mm OSBN-30 blue pushbuttons (6 pcs)
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Seimitsu 24 mm PS-14-DN black pushbuttons (3 pcs)
- Ultimarc MiniPAC with harness
- E-limitator - 2/4/8 way electronic switch (testing it)

The LS-32 is the choosen because of the small dimensions and short throw. Unfortunately there isn't room for an UltraStik 360, because I wanted to make it as flat as possible to make it look better and play more comfortable. In addition to the encoder I am testing a E-limitator from ArcadeShop.de to see if it is an alternative to the UltraStik. Who knows.

Cabinet:

Made entirely from 5mm laser cut black acrylic sheet. Acrifix 116 is used for bonding the parts. See step by step for reference.

The cabinet will fit any mini-itx board and 2.5" hard disk and provide cooling for it.

 I recommend a mother board with HDMI.

System specs:

-CPU:
-GPU:
-RAM:
-HD:
-Main board:
-PSU:
-Cooling
AMD Dual-Core Processor E-350
Integrated AMD Radeon HD 6310 - DX11
2 x 1024 MB DDR3-1333
64 GB SSD SATA6 - Crucial C300 RealSSD
Asrock E350M1 mini-itx ( 170x170 mm )
PicoPSU 80 watt + Generic 12 volt 60 watt external PSU
60 mm fan

The parts are picked out to be the least power consuming and thus generating the least amount of heat. I would recommend the new AMD Zacate / Fusion platform not. It's much better and faster than Atom. Takes op less space too.

Software:

- Windows 7 Starter edition x86
- Maximis Arcade with custom layout
- MAME 0.139

 

 

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If you decide to make your own MAME cabinet using my drawings, please feel free to make a donation,  as I'm trying to raise enough money to make a new up-right cabinet, that's hard to do as a student.

 

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