Plastic project box for joystick adapters

[Jess Ragan]

What's a good, fairly inexpensive plastic box I could use to house a homemade controller adapter? As it is right now, my adapter is just a bundle of wires and ports... it's just too fragile to use on a regular basis. I've tried using a 5200 cartridge shell, but had immense difficulty opening it and drilling the holes for the ports.

[Lord Thag]

Radio Shack usually has a nice variety of plastic 'project' boxes of all sizes. They look nice, and I've used them for several projects over the years.

[Prodos8]

The 2x3x1 inch radio shack project box had done wonders for me.

 

 

all I did in the did the edit was put an 'x' no kidding.

Edited September 11, 2007 by Prodos8

[mimo]

Have you got kids?

Have they got Leggo

[Bryan]

Here's two manufacturers of enclosures:

 

www.pactecenclosures.com

www.serpac.com

[Jess Ragan]

Thanks, guys! I'm thinking of ordering a few boxes from BG Micro. I've also considered picking up a few of these bad boys...

 

http://www.bgmicro.com/index.asp?PageActio...mp;ProdID=10843

 

Yeah, I think you know where I'm going with this. The pinout is in rows and columns, making setup a breeze, and there's sixteen buttons, more than enough to replace that blasted 5200 keypad once and for all!