someone use sms pause?

Unfortunately that type of switch sticks up directly from the PCB, and whilst that would make it easier to fit the game case it would make packaging the Everdrive-MD much more difficult for KRIKzz.

Since almost 2/3 of the votes now want to keep the pause button, is it going to stay? (Especially since some SMS games need it for menus/cheats etc) If so what about using a low profile button?

 

all last carts come without button. currently i even can't buy any buttons with long stick, just not available in locall stocks

 

What about this?:-

We really need a button that has a lower profile body that the current button so that it will fit into the casing easier and not twist the PCB. It also needs to be easy for KRIKzz to order to the Ukraine, or easy for somebody else to order for him and send them on.

KRIKzz, is it possible you could tell us the part number/datasheet of the button you were previously using? It would be good to know the dimensions of the switch body. Also, what is the maximum cost per button needed to keep Everdrive-MD at same price?

 

i use buttons same like shown in marshallh post. this button type called SWT-3. your button has same height like swt-3, so pcb will be twisted. swt-3 cost it is some near to 10 cents

 

Well, the lead (to add your own button) will still be there on the board, right? Seems that many people could care less about the pause button on the SMS (although I am not one of them), but I figure if you kept the option on the PCB available for someone to easily add their own button that should be ok, no?

 

place for sms pause still on pcb

 

So KRIKzz, you are asking whether you can simply not include the SMS pause button, but we can still solder the button on ourselves?

Having bought one from your last batch, I can say that I very much appreciate that button being included. I can also say that soldering it on the board myself would have been no problem.

I may have simply "suffered" without it for a while because I haven't played much SMS using the Everdrive yet. I don't like unhooking my 32X, and my second Genesis 1 stopped powering on shortly after my Everdrive arrived.

It's just too bad that there is no workaround to getting the Genesis controller's Start button to pause SMS games.

 

yes, button still can be soldered by user

 

could an external cart mounted button be wired up drilled placed on the back of the cart?

ive just payed krikzz directly for my cart and sms games will be in use quite a bit in our house

 

i not sure that i understand you right. you mean that you want soldering external button?
yes if so. cart still have place for sms pause button

 

yes
so the pcb isnt warped inside the cart the button could be mounted external
just thinking out loud i suppose
for the purists out there it wouldnt look right but may be an alternate solution for someone to consider

 

My Everdrive doesn't have the pause button. Unfortunately I don't know anything about pcb's and soldering. Can anybody tell me what kind of part I need and if there's any steps necessary to install it beyond just soldering it into the holes? (Sounds too simple!)

 

you just need swt-3 button

 

does anyone know where i could get a suitable button from in the uk
i notice the button shown has 4 solder points
only mini push buttons i can find have 2 solder points

are all 4 points needed to connect the button correctly ?

 

Is this the button that was used originally?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10pc-Tactile-...aultDomain_0&hash=item255c28c416#ht_736wt_907

 

yes

 

As long as the option to solder your own option is there, I have no problem.

MS games are low priority, but it's nice to have the option.

 

I havnt used the recomended button
ive drilled a 1cm hole in the back topright corner of the cart and glued the button into place on the inside and wired it up to the pcb
works good so long as you dont have sausage fingers

 

pics





internally theres no warping of the pcb but please excuse my ghetto soldering skillz
it dosnt look too shoddy when the cart is back together

for some this might not be the best option as it means that the pcb is hard wired to the case