Very nice!! Congratulations!! You should consider making the rear panel attach with rare earth magnets instead of velcro maybe? =D
really great video presentation! Absolute ql Stuff! keep it on, guy!!
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Thanks to all ,nice to hear this.
@purplearms: i’ll look into those magnets, whats the average thickness of those magnets, any links?
Guy
Yeah they’re called Neodymium rare earth magnets. Magcraft sells such things in different sizes, shapes and strength:
Amazon.com: Magcraft NSN0601 1/4-Inch by 1/10-Inch Rare Earth Disc Magnets, 50-Count: Home Improvement
You might want to do a little research on them because they can be so strong that its very difficult to separate two magnets by hand… hehe…
those neodyminum magnets are no joke. I used them on one project I had. A word of advice: don’t have them stick together! You can use a small metal washer on the underside of the plexi amd countersink the magnets in the support blocks
Sorry for the randomness but i was just wondering how the MSR was coming.
MSR is on ice… MS was intended for controlling power to other devices in addition to LEDs (i.e., wireless PCBs) which is usefull in wireless joystick setups… MSR was going to take it a step further and double as a LED controller, but Sparky has since been born
32teeth
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MSR sounds like something @ the bank!
Ok because i wanted to be able to do the exact LED mod that guydw did with the exception of the Joystick and he used a MS. I figured it would be better to wait but now its on ice. So i guess the only question i have left would be…Would it be possible to do that same mod with the Sparky or would i still need the MS. Im only doing an LED mod so would i somehow be able to program the sparky to do that mod or am i going to require the MS to have enough power to do all that plus the programming?
MS is a little more complicated to manage because all the LEDs are lit all at the same time. I really only recommend it for experienced modders. Sparky technically is only lighting one button at any given point in time (due to multiplexing: the human eye cannot see how fast it is turning on each LED on and off, and it gives the appearance that LEDs are on at the same time). Therefore it is far more power efficient. This is a huge advantage for wired joystick users who have limited amount of current via USB. Both sparky and MS are programmable so the same lighting is possible on sparky (except for select + joystick direction mode switching, but there are ways around that if you know how to program).
Alternately, if you have a little soldering experience, masterstrike was hacked by Mephisto to do basically what sparky does. He posted the firmware in here and a video demonstration somewhere in here
so in short, anything is possible depending on how far you want to chase the rabbit down the hole…
By “Same Lighting” do you mean that I’ll be able to get the Rainbow effect. sorry if these are dumb question. I totally understand that Sparky is programmable so i should be able to do all of these different effects but i just wanna make sure before i buy anything. As one of the wisest men on Earth once said " plan your stick well ahead of time"…(Caugh Caugh Purplearms) :woot::clown::bgrin:
Lol… with masterstrike the way i have it on my own stick, each button has three colors… red green blue… each color is hooked up to a channel… 1 2 and 3… i can switch between channels to switch from any combination of red/green/blue…
with sparky, you can have the colors change when you press buttons (such as focus, taunt, etc)… read though the sparky thread and watch the vids there to see what it is capable of…
http://shoryuken.com/f177/official-sparky-thread-massive-update-intro-config-mode-251717/
I’ve read all of that already, even how to wire it up and everything. It says "On the six pin FTDI header, the recommended setup is to solder your VCC and GND headers to the appropriate pins (#4 and #5 respectively). The customization starts here. If you are creative or adventurous and decide to want to upload your own program to the ATMEG328 you can solder a 6 pin header and upload via FTDI. If you solder a 6 pin header to the FTDI connection, you will need to solder your VCC and GND input lines to the underside of the board. "
So if i do this and somehow write the correct programing, would i be able to get that same rainbow effect?
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Sparky Jr PWM relieves this by separating the FTDI and VCC/GND lines. You can use the configuration tool to set you colors and such. We are going to be updating the configurator with new functionality on an ongoing basis. The new functionality will incorporate availability of effects. @purplearms also want to see the return of the Simon Game screen saver, LOL. Who know, if I have time I will try to come up with mini games like Simon, 2 row pacman, 2 row gradius / life force, 2 x 4 pong… …you will never need to use you stick to play actual fighting games… …unless I write a 2x4 version of street fighter!!!
hahahahahhahahahahahha LMFAO real hard…ok so then for the rainbow LED mod would it be a good idea to go ahead and get the Sparky Jr right now and wait for some new updates to be able to do that mod or go with the Master Strike?
You should be able to archive the same. My code for the MS (including the rainbow effect) is in the MS SVN repository.
So what exactly would i need to do? Would i have to get the Sparky Jr, Put the MS Programming on it, and add all the effects as well?
Sparky Jr is an LED controller. Mephisto hacked MS to make it a similar functioning LED controller. So you need to choose one or the other. The MS hack is a bit advanced (even for me), and since you’re just starting out, i would recommend learning how to program on Sparky Jr before you install it into a joystick.
With masterstrike you need to educate yourself on AVR programming, and get a USB ISP programmer. For Sparky Jr you need to program via FTDI (I am going to start learning this myself)
So, I am interested putting red and green LEDs inside of my guide / home button on my stick, and I want to make it so that when I plug the stick in, it will automatically change the guide buttons from green to red based on whether it’s booting up on an Xbox 360 or a PS3, respectively. I understand that the Master Strike is capable of pulling off something kind of like this, but I was wondering if there is an easier (and cheaper, lol) way of making this happen. I only plan on having the one illuminated button on my stick, and the PCBs I was planning to use are the Cthulhu MC, Imp 2.1, and a hacked common-ground Xbox 360 PCB. Would I even need any extra hardware to do pull off what I’m hoping to do, or is it something that I can pull off just by soldering somewhere on one of the aforementioned PCBs?
That wont be easy to pull off. Its gonna require a hack of the Imp, or a custom board with custom software written.
