Re: Quite simple....


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Posted by Metal Demon on 22, 2001 at 10:11 PM:

In Reply to: Quite simple.... posted by Agent Davis on 20, 2001 at 1:06 AM:

: Build a control panel you like with the buttons and joysticks. Plenty of that information is on this site.

: Now...

: Get two cheap playstation controllers and pop them open til all you have is the circuit boards (pcb). Now from every microswitch on your cp wire directly to the pcb and solder onto the button that corresponds. All buttons on the pcb are divided in two. One half is the ground - all of these trace back to the outside of the pcb or to a central location. Take a wire and daisy chain (solder) it to the Ground on every microswitch and then onto the part on the pcb that all the grounds on it are leading to. Now take a wire and solder it from the prong on the microswitch closest to the ground prong and onto the pcb that that button represents. After that you should be all done.

That sounds all well and good and I've gotten everything set, except for how to "daisy chain" the ground wire.. This part is a little confusing. Do I use one piece of continuous wire and solder a point on that wire to every ground of every button AND joystick switch, or do I make a bunch of little short pieces of wire and solder a bunch of loops to each button switch. In any case do I have to ground the joystick switches or just the pushbuttons? Also, if I were to do the first of the preceding examples how would I go about creating bare spots on the wire to connect to the button switches? As you can see I have a lot of questions... But I am very pleased that people here have been so quick and receptive to my questions, it means alot to me. Thanks. -out-
Metal Demon



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