Posted by Zapper on 24, 2001 at 11:17 PM:
In Reply to: PSX Homebrewed Arcade Sticks Part II posted by Metal Demon on 24, 2001 at 10:39 PM:
: I posted this question in my original post, but I'm afraid that it got burried (this board is amazingly active!) so here goes again, sorry for the double post, but its important to me. Here goes: 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
You've almost got it, ground all the buttons and all four joystick buttons with the same daisy chain of wire. The ground wire can dead end on the last button. Take a look at my Dreamcast Twin Stick experiment on the Marketplace message board, it shows how to daisy chain.