what do you mean by, should already be linked to the other pcb? Do you mean solder ground and vcc from imp to the ground and vcc of the te pcb?
oh the first to pictures of this tutorial haha.
You need to link all of the signals, the ground and the vcc between PCBs. This is exactly why it requires a common ground pcb.
This way when you hit MP on your stick, the signal goes to the PS3 PCB, and then because the secondary (360 in this case) PCB is being powered by the ground and VCC, it can pass the signal to it.
So yes, you need to link all of the signals you want, the ground and the vcc. The other two cables in a USB cable are the data +/-, they get handed off to the Imp for switching purposes.
one more question
Ok I think you cleared it up for me. I really appreciate your help. But one more ?
The four connections on top of the imp (g-blk, v-red, d+ - Grn, d- - wht) connects to the ps3 usb which leads out to the console?
The top four are for the outgoing USB cable.
The purpose of the IMP is to let you select between two PCBs with a button press.
There are two sets of Data +/- on the side, those are where the 360 and PS3 pcbs connect, the usb cable coming out of the case comes from that.
Sweet. Thanks man you really helped clear things up.
I have a question about the joystick. Im not sure how to wire the joystick correctly because i use barrier strips and i put to wiring harness in the D-pad commands and the ground but its not registering any commands.
Take a pic. what kind of joystick are you using? what are you wiring it to? picture will help a lot.
Im using this joystick Sanwa JLF-TP-8T Joystick and i follow the guide on this thread. i cant take a picture cuz my camera broke just the other day. i might be able to find a camera to take a picture later though. Its wired to an 09 madcatz controller
could it be the wiring harness thats messing it up?
could be… check your ground to make sure its good to go. do the buttons work?
yes the buttons are working with the ground but the joystick wont work with that same common ground. i have no clue what to do. im thinking some how its the wiring harness maybe i need to solder right onto the joysticks board but i dont want to mess it up without knowing if i need to or how to exactly.
nvm dont worry bout it turns out i had a partially faulty barrier strip all that trouble over that. glad it wasn’t the thirty dollar joystick.
Xbox side not working correctly
So I got it all put together. The ps3 side works perfectly, the moment I tried to use the xbox side, only the guide button works and the d-pad works. Start, Select, punch and kick buttons don’t register :(. I only soldered one ground from the xbox controller, do i need to solder more?
are u using the toodles chImp SMD or are u dual modding with two different controllers.
First let me congratulate this tutorial, it is fantastic. Last year I used this to build my custom stick and it made the job an easy one.
But I’m having some issues and I could do with some help. My arcade stick is a dual mod using a madcatz 360 pad and a pxs arcade stick board. I originally had the triggers working using the HEX inverter but after some niggles and the wires snapping of the chip I chose to remove it. I have soldered 2x 10k ohm resistors between the low and wipers for both triggers and this seems to have neutralised them.
BUT, here is my issue. Every now and again while playing on the 360, down stops working. My character sometimes stands for a brief second while I’m holding down or sometimes it stops working for a few seconds, the worst thing is it is very intermittent and I cannot recreate the issue.
Here is a list of the things I have done in an attempt to fault find:
- I have played on the PS2 and have never had this issue so I do not believe it to be the stick
- I have removed and replaced the wire soiled to the PCB and checked all connections are ok
- I have checked the inputs by plunging into my pc/mac
Please let me know if you think of anything I may be missing or have done wrong. I’ll also try to add some pics.
Cheers,
Che.
10 ohms is a very low value. You meant 10 Kohms, surely ?
Your quite right, I did mean 10k ohm. there in the bottom picture.
cold joints, maybe?
dead microswitch maybe?
bad pcb maybe?
those are the 3 main things i can think of
Well it can’t be the microswitch as the stick works perfectly with the psx and I don’t think its the joints. I am worried it could just be a bad pcb.
I was wondering if it could be due to not having 10k ohm resistors between the high and wiper, but I don’t know if that would make any difference.