damn… don’t even know what that means…
anybody help a newb here? Just need some instructions on how to hack the pad 
I don’t care about the analog, so I just want the digital!
Do you know what a multimeter is?
Do you have access to one and know how to use it?
i have a multimeter, but don’t know how to use it
A Multimeter is great if you want to pad hack but you lack shematics to that controller
You can search out where the ground points are and determine if a controller is common ground or not
I remember someone saying the classic controller was the easiest to do since it was a common ground…
ah here we go! Too bad no pics :\
Oh here we go
And here how to wire up those L and R Triggers
You could also get away with a 3rd party SNES Classic game pad
so to simplify everything, all I need to do is wire up 1 ground wire at that yellow indicator, and then just scrape off the black things, and wire up the joystick to the specific buttons I wanna use? Like start, select, YXBA, RL, and maybe home? (heard that just brings you home) I can forget everything else right?
I forget if the SNES Classic uses Classic Controller’s R/L (the analog set) or zR/zL (the digital set) to represent the SNES’ R/L buttons.
I’ll check that out tonight.
And yes, the “Home” button on a Classic Controller brings you back to the SNES/NES Classic’s “home” menu.
just bought 2 boxes from ebay, gonna get some wiring from focus attack, and get a daisy chained ground to wire up to that one ground connection. Shouldn’t be too bad…
Having re-hacked an old padhack just recently, I can confirm that the SNES Classic uses the Analog L/R buttons on the Wii Classic Controller (as opposed to the digital zL/zR) to represent L/R, but only the “click” at the bottom. The actual analog parts of the buttons do nothing.
Would actually be easier to use the PCB from a Wii Classic Controller Pro (no analog triggers) for a padhack in this case.
ahh since I don’t know how to read that R/L part, I’m guessing I’m just gonna have to purchase the controller pro? it’s like the controller, but much easier to hack?
I guess those wii classic controllers will be a waste :\
but what about the 8-bit do mod kits to make it wireless? Are those easy to hack?
hmm… I see on ebay all the unbranded classic pro controllers… do those work well too? Obviously, if the 8bit do wireless one works well and is easy to hack, I rather use that! The extra money would be worth it to have wireless joysticks!
So it all depends on your level of comfort. Anything is possible.
I haven’t tested on the SNES Classic if the “click” on its own can trigger L/R, since it’s not possible on a regular stock controller to “click” the triggers without a full press on the analog portion.
Plus, I already have the additional circuits in place (as posted above) to get the “click” working in conjunction with the analog trigger press.
Classic Controller Pro are probably easier to hack, since there’s no analog triggers, but I can’t say for sure as I haven’t done that myself either.
No idea on the 8bitdo wireless mods. The theory on all padhacks is the same, so as long as the PCB is common ground, it should be fine.
classic controller pro, are they common ground?
ah! are you selling any? Can we do a swap and I pay you some money so I’m not completely out on classic controller’s.
oh! I don’t care about the extra buttons, I just want the 6 buttons, and according to the diagram above, there’s a solder point for R and L!
I think the analog R&L is for additional buttons? like the 7th and 8th button? or am i wrong? if I am, I still go back to if you sell already hacked pads lol
I’m pretty sure Classic Controller Pros are common-ground, but I don’t have one opened up to confirm.
Not selling any, don’t have any extras! All I have are for my own projects.
You’ll have to check if JUST that solder point for R/L will work (or if it needs to be used in conjunction with the “slider”); it might, but I’m not sure.
You have to keep in mind how the analog R/L works: there’s the analog “Slider” part, then there’s the “Click” at the end. Some Wii games respond to the Slider (and ignore the Click entirely), some games (or the SNES Classic) respond to the Click, but not I’m not sure if the game/system also expects the Slider to be pressed all the way down before the Click is responsive.
If you have an rj45 board, (Cthulhu, PS360, Brook Retro) consider getting a PS2/PS1 connector. Then connect a ps2->Wii classic controller adapter. Preferably a non-mayflash brand converter.
Also works for certain Wii U games as well as the NES mini and be SNES mini.
It works on my Street Fighter 15th.
Of course if you got DIY skills. It sounds too dumbed down. You already have your physical sticks and layout.vvif you can do all that work, but not the triggers, then either try it or reverse engineer it, depending on the type of person you are.
noob basically… I just soldered my first dreamcast battery, and I’m not sure I did THAT correctly. I know if I left my dreamcast unplugged, the date and time will loose it’s charge. But if it’s plugged in, it wont.
Anyways, Now I got my joystick boxes, I need to start pad hacking to my buttons! hmm… i’m gonna hope all I need to do is solder that one R/L and that would be it… Is there a way to test before I commit to soldering?