Posted by OSCAR on 22, 2001 at 7:19 PM:
In Reply to: best way to hack a sidewinder? posted by Blunty on 22, 2001 at 6:39 PM:
: im going to use sidewinders for 2 reasons: they are easy to link together, and easy to hack. i have one question regarding them though. is it best to find a common ground on the controller, or should i just hook up two leads to every button? and if i should find a common ground, does anybody have any website info so i dont have to go searching for the ground and possibly screwing something up?
I recently put together a custom stick based off the MS Sidewinder game pad pro (USB) per a customer's request. I found that the directional pad had a common ground (sidewinder2.jpg), but I wasn't able to locate a common ground for the other 9 buttons -- 6 action, 2 triggers, 1 shift.
6 of the 9 buttons shared a ground with another button. In other words, I ended up with 6 grounds for 9 buttons.
This Sidewinder board was quite a bit different than other pictures I have seen, such as the Sidewinder hack example shown on this website.
Below are links to additional pictures I have taken of this hack. If you like more pictures, just let me know.
In some of the pictures, you can see a custom OSCAR... <--shameless plug :)
http://skum.org/oscar/sidewinder/sidewinder1.jpg
http://skum.org/oscar/sidewinder/sidewinder2.jpg
http://skum.org/oscar/sidewinder/sidewinder3.jpg
http://skum.org/oscar/sidewinder/sidewinder4.jpg