Building stickless, Am I missing anything?

Tech Talk
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http://i.imgur.com/AKZ5RqC.png I have the box built and cut, I just need the guts. I’m just trying to figure out if this is everything I need, also not 100% on what usb cables I need to run from the board to the neutrik and out so any advice on that would be great!

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So:

  • 8*24mm buttons (punches/kicks): checked
  • 324mm + 130mm buttons (up/down/left/right): checked
  • 3*24mm buttons for start/home/select: checked
  • 15 buttons, so 15 quick disconnect cable: checked
  • 15 quick disconnect cable daisychainned for ground: checked
  • Brook PCB + Fixation : checked

Now,
The Brook PS4+ have a daugther board for sound + USB. It has the same dimention as a neutrik connector so you can use the rubber cover. The USB on the daughter board is a Micro USB, so you’ll need a long Micro USB to USB A. You won’t need the neutrik plug.

If you want to use the neutrik plug for the usb, you’ll need a Micro Usb to USB A male to link your plug to the board, and you’ll also need a USB B Male/USB A male as a main cable for you stick.

in short:

I personally strongly recommand the solution 2: Micro USB are shit, and break way to easily.

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Thanks! I’ll go with the 2nd option cause that’s what I was originally going to do but I had to switch boards due to conversion with USD to CAD lol

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Socd cleaner

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Brooke PS3/PS4 board, PS4+ board and UFB have internal SOCD cleaner since last firmware. :wink:

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The OP may end up may have another pcb. Just thought I would put it out there.

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OP had a Brook board on his links from his link, Real Pheonix is right thou, those boards have built in SOCD filtering.

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The only thing I want to doublecheck on, for USB, wouldn’t I need a micro USB to B? then a normal USB to USB?

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It depends on the USB jack on your board.

Older Brooks UFB has a Normal USB type B jack
The newer Brooks UFB with the built in Audio jack uses a Micro USB jack

Also if you are using the Neutrik USB passthough, it’s A on one side, B on the other.
You want to set it up where the B side is on the outside of the stick, so internally you are plugin into a A type port.

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The last question I had, does anyone have a proper stickless template? I tried to get one online and resize it to 300ppi/dpi and no matter what I do when it prints out, it doesn’t come out properly sized.

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Well it will depends of the stick you are going to mod.
The only one I have is the one I’ve done for Arcadeforge’s Hitbox for the Madcatz TE.

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I’ve actually built one myself out of wood. I just did some test drills for holes, but the template I had at 300ppi/dpi ended up having the button holes looking way to close so when I actually get my buttons in they would probably hit eachother and not go down.

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I work in print, and trying to print something totally accurately from an image always seems a little iffy. I have great luck with printing PDFs using Acrobat with the sizing set to ‘Actual Size’.

So I googled hitbox template, grabbed the first link (a PSD on deviantart), saved that as a PDF through Photoshop, then printed the PDF using the above setting. I made a cardboard mock up and it worked perfectly.

This is a new account so it looks like I can’t attach the PDF. You could send me your email address if you wanted a PDF version. Or if you could provide a link for the image you’re working with I could take a look at it.

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Quick question if you don’t mind. Does the normal stickbox template have enough space between the buttons to accommodate 24mm screw-ins on the top panel? I know the screws are about 29.5mm on the Sanwa, but I haven’t been able to find a template with actual measurements to check.

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You might get more attention if you started a new thread, but… It may work? The template I have shows a whisker of clearance for that size, but even if everything’s totally accurate the buttons are so close together it might be challenging to get them all screwed in.

If you have an actual hitbox you could just buy (or borrow?) two screw in buttons to test fit. Or if you’re making your own, just make a cardboard mock-up, see how it fits, and adjust as needed.