I already was working myself in a universal, for all games, dipswitch configurable simple Atmega (Arduino) based key flasher. I did a prototype, and it works.
The Arduino has some drawbacks; it is a little overkill for such a simple purpose like that, even the nano it is too big in comparison, it has a bootloader so it takes more time to boot than a bare microcontroller or PIC, it is cheap, but not as cheap as a PIC (0,82€), and that is why i was working with bare Atmega instead of Arduino.
i have 23 CPS2 boards, so there was no way i would spend like 400€ in infinikeys when i am the kind of DIY guy, Atmega prices were much more reasonable, but this PIC method is almost free (well, 23 boards = 21€) and solves it all for me.
Of course i have already a programmer, it is a must for anyone wanting to be a retro-techy-guy. And anybody can buy one + 23 Pics for a third, or less, of the price of 23 infinikeys alone.
I can't say the same for Voutar stuff (price wise) then again I have never design or manufacture anything.
, no discount for quantity, and i had no idea they were on sale elsewhere til today. $10 - $8 seems more like a fair price for it, as it is not a difficult or complex design, and the bill of materials should be fairly low, but i cannot agree with the way you made the product; it is based in Eduardo's freely released hard work, and i think the correct way of doing this would have been to release the sources and schematics and then sell the boards for people not wanting to build one themselves. You did not do that and now it seems to me like you are trying to earn money, in part, on some one else's work, even if it were a single dollar, without giving anything back to the community. I respect people with less knowledge about this stuff that only had the option to pay, but i do not need to.
