How quick the weeks go by: it's already been three weeks since my last update. Since I made my mockup I've done a lot of research on control panel layouts, and been looking at other DIY desktop controllers to get inspiration. I've not yet decided on how I should make mine, except that it will be a two-player panel with six buttons for each player in a Capcom-style layout.

As for components, I ordered the parts today! I'm going with ball top joysticks and concave pushbuttons. I'll be using the iPac keyboard encoder for two players. Even though I'm planning to have an internal Raspberry Pi I'm still going with an encoder, mainly because they are easy to use but also so that I can easily connect the controls to a regular PC.

Speaking of the Raspberry Pi: I'm probably going to go with a Model 2 B as it seems to be the most powerful one. I'm been toying with the idea of having an internal Mini-ITX motherboard and just run Windows 7 on the thing, but I'll most likely go with the RPi because it's a heck of a lot cheaper.