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Automatic rotating arcade cabinet display
It only took two years but finally the automatic monitor is PERFECT pic.twitter.com/NTG5CiShqT
— Raph Koster (@raphkoster) February 19, 2017
Customer Raph Koster made this slick automatic rotating arcade cabinet display, which allows the arcade cabinet to easily switch from landscape to portrait depending on the game. The monitor is rotated by a servo controlled by a Micro Maestro 6-Channel USB Servo Controller. The Maestro is especially convenient for this type of project, because you can connect it to the computer using USB then control the servo using our command line utility usccmd
.
Raph shares his usccmd
scripts for automating the rotation along with a full parts list and extensive step-by-step build information in his forum post at ArcadeControls.com.