As far as I know, the PCBs are completely interchangeable.
I completely forgot to buy a JLF wire harness and from what I can see, you should be able to use those plugs by soldering directly onto the microswitches of the stick. There’s contact points on the underside of the PCB or protruding metal prongs that you can use; just look at the stock stick and do as they have done. I’m planning on soldering directly so I’ll let you know how that goes…
What kind of wire you use if a matter of personal preference, really. Just use whatever you think will be easiest to work with. The main considerations are whether they’ll fit any crimping you plan to do and whether you prefer working with solid or frayed wire (I prefer solid).
UPDATE
Yeah, I wired straight onto the contact points on the microswitches and it works fine. Maybe even easier than laugh’s method except the red wire is ground and the black is signal, which was a bit confusing and I had to swap them all over after I was done.
I’ve got a (probaby stupid) question:
While trying to replace the USB cable for a longer one i noticed that the PCB/original USB cable has 5 wires but any conventional USB cable has 4 wires… They both have Red, White, Green. But the Paewang has 2 black wires…
Do i connect them both to the single USB black wire or should i choose 1 of the 2 on the PCB?
Kanped, thats awesome, thanks for answering my questions. I’ll be placing an order for one of these and the parts shortly. I’ll let you all know how it turns out.
the thicker black wire is a Shield / Resistive Ground
and like mentioned is NOT required
it is there mostly for if you decide to put your PCB on a metal surface (which you shouldn’t)
and kinda works like a Anti Static wrist strap if you will
I’ve modded a TE stick and helped with 2 others. What you gotta do is solder ground / turbo / home to the little green pcb attached to the turbo/home unit…
works like a charm… the leds on the interface won’t work afterwards (of course)…