Hardware Support

Ultimarc PacDrive

The PacDrive by Ultimarc is a USB LED controller natively supported by MaLa. Connect up to 16 LEDs to light your cabinet buttons — controlled by game data. No plugin required.

IOWarrior Hardware

MaLa-compatible hardware boards using the IOWarrior chip allow you to connect an LCD (from 1×16 up to 4×40 characters) and up to 64 LEDs to your cabinet. The LCD can display game information and LEDs can light your buttons — controlled by game data. Connects via USB.

Available Configurations

• LCD + 16 LEDs (1 board)
• 32 LEDs (1 board)
• LCD + 48 LEDs (2 boards)
• 64 LEDs (2 boards)

Pictures

LCD / 16 LED Version

32 LED Version

Videos

IOWarrior Hardware in action on Win98SE (PIII 650MHz) — Xvid AVI format:

• Selecting games
• Attract mode
• Massive attract mode — 6 Joysticks, 1 Spinner, 1 Trackball, 47 Buttons

Other Hardware via Plugins

Additional hardware is supported through the MaLa plugin system, including:

• LEDWiz — GGG LED controller with RGB support via the LedWiz plugin
• LEDBlinky — Advanced LED control for LEDWiz and PacDrive via the LEDBlinky plugin
• UltraStik 360 — Programmable joystick, auto-switches between 8-way, 4-way and 2-way per game
• Serial LCD displays — BetaBrite and serial LCD support via the Serial Display plugin
• RotateScreen — Auto-rotate your monitor when MaLa switches orientation

See the Plugins page for all available hardware plugins.

IOWarrior SDK

The IOWarrior Hardware is based on the IOWarrior chip by Code Mercenaries. Use this SDK to support MaLa Hardware in your own applications. Available for Windows, MacOS, Linux and Java.