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I agree. Joe just ordered some and he’ll definitely need replacements as well. Can you handle waiting until Wednesday/Thursday for your replacements to go out, or do you need some asap?

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I gave one of my three to Joe last night also.
I’ll just tell my customers to wait for the new chips to come

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I can wait no worries. Thanks toodles!

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Toodles, I ordered my FGWidget January 10th. I just finished putting together my joystick tonight and I am experiencing the same LED issues. I understand replacements will be ready by Weds or Thurs. Will you be mailing the replacements to everyone who ordered a widget within a certain date or do I need to contact you about this with more specific details for a replacement?

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Well, that’s good confirmation for the 10th or before, so Im thinking I’ll just send replacement chips to any US orders that ordered in January and international order on or after Jan 10th. The international orders pre-Jan 10th I’ll send an email, because shipping those just freaking nails me in the pocket book, and I’d like to get confirmation before I spend $18 each sending a $2 part.
To answer more directly, there’s no need for you to send a PM or email; everyone I send replacements to should receive another paypal notice about a shipping label being created. If you don’t see one of those emails by late Friday, feel free to email or PM to be sure.

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Thank You.

Also, I’m wondering if you can give me your help in tracking down a short circuit issue I’m having. I’m using the FGWidget with 6 buttons and joystick. I am having an issue with the up and down com circuits being shorted out. I’m pretty sure the short circuit isn’t related to the LEDs always being on thing.
Chippy

I have tracked the short circuit down to something on the FGWidget board. I believe I may have a faulty 6pin resistor array. The FGW has a short between Xtra_IO, U_IO, and D_IO. However, there is resistance in the short circuits. In ohms

This is the resistor array pin resistance measurements going from pin to pin. In the following picture lines and text in red are what I assume to be normal. The green lines and text are assumed to be out of the ordinary. The dashed lines denote the reading from the chip leg socket to the hole

I am assuming that if I had shorted something out with wire or solder the short circuits would have a resistance of 0 ohms instead of 300 or 150 ohms. I’m really trying to avoid having to pull the FGW install apart off since I just spent so long putting it together on my first super wiring attempt.

I don’t want to take you apart! ;_;

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Holy crap, when it rains it pours. You’re absolutely right, the 6 pin part is the wrong one; its a bussed network, not an array. Replacements are ordered and will go out with the chips.
If you’re only going to use the 6 or 8 play buttons, dont worry about it. You’d need to swap out that 6 pin array only if you plan to use the three extra buttons or joystick modes.

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;_; I have an LED balltop. So you will be mailing replacement chips and 6pin resistors to everyone? I hope too many of these didn’t go out. Thanks for the confirmation. I was about to start banging my head on the table last night trying to figure this thing out.

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Yup.

For those that are curious, you can check the writing on the 6 pin to see if its the correct one. The incorrect one has the numbers ‘61151’ on it towards the end. If you need a replacement, please let me know, but if you’re not planning on using the three additional buttons or stick mode, you don’t need it.

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Thought I’d post my results after I received the replacement you sent me. I put the new chip in the old makeshift setup that I had built to show you and it worked as intended. Just finished putting it together in my stick and it works great.
And on top of that, coincidentally (and awesomely so) the LED’s light up the lighting art on my stick like it was LED as well. Very happy with the end result, thank you for such prompt costumer service. :smiley: Now just waiting on akihabara board to finish my stick.

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Just wanted to let you know that I received the first three replacements today and they work flawlessly in the stick. We’re also going to use your LED controllers in our arcade machines at the store to show them off to people. I appreciate the quick response time on this and wanted to let you know not to worry about rushing on the shipping of the other parts. Thanks again!

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Got my replacement parts in the mail today. Everything works perfectly! Thanks for the quick support.

Only sad face is the new 6pin resistor isn’t black. no biggy

Action shot

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i have seem to run into trouble with what might be my FGwidget board for the LEDS in my arcadestick. It is dualmodded, and it has worked wonderfully for about 2 months until today. All the sudden the LEDs flashed brightly and then stopped flashing. The stick still works, the dualmod works but the LEDS dont. So i opened up the stick and took the VCC wire from one of the lights on my button and put it to a signal button on the pad. The light shines very dim. When i touch it to the VCC on the FGwidget board, the LED shines very brightly. Anywhere else, it touch it, it shines dim again. Only on the VCC on the FGwidget board makes it shine brightly. Putting everything back together and tapping the buttons does nothing. Is it possible that the board is fryed or defective?

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What you described all sounds good; there is power to the LED controller, and the LEDs are wired properly.
What are the odds you put it into tournament mode?
http://www.godlikecontrols.com/download/LEDControllerWelcome.pdf

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doh, well i feel stupid =P. Dont know how it started up in tournament mode. guess i did it by accident.

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Hi Toodles i am having the exact led issues as the original poster had. I am using the Arceye3 leds with FGWidget led board and they all work correctly however when i power on the stick i get all 4 kick buttons to light up very dimly and stay lit indefinitely until I power the controller off.

I cannot get into Setup mode (only Tournament mode works somehow). the remaining Punch button leds have a strong light (the way i want them to be) however i cannot change the way they behave when they are pressed.

I used a multimeter to measure the traces and they are all good. Advices are welcome.

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Don’t know when you ordered your FG Widget LED controller but there was a run a while ago with incorrectly programmed chips. I believe Toodles sent out replacements to all the people affected. It’s been too long since I had the same problem to remember what else could be wrong, are you absolutely certain there isn’t a grounding issue and the chip is inserted according to the picture on the PCB? I know these are basic questions but we have to start somewhere.

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Hi Casual and thanks for your reply.

Don’t know how but one of the Ground wires was messed up when i did another double check on the wires. Replaced it and now it’s fully functional. Guess there was not enough power due to the broken wire.

Anyway thanks again for your fast reply and interest of helping me.

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No problem, I know it can be a bit of a hassle having to solder all of those leads and ensuring each circuit is proper. Usually it does come back to something seemingly small like a ground but that also tends to completely break functionality.

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I just realized that you still haven’t replaced the arrays at all in the new orders still :frowning:
I was perplexed in the middle of a tournament why up and down wasn’t working properly at the last night of the tournament. I thought it was just me but now that I see this in another project I realized that the arrays were not fixed as of yet. I have an 8 button + joystick setup and realized that its not the right 6 pin array. What serial number is the resistor array so I can just go down to my local store and pick a new one up? I would also like to fix the other one but its in the hands of Lapchi in Calgary :frowning: