My 15th Anniversary Street Fighter Stick with an AXISdapter

Tech Talk
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I just wanted to share my mod of the NubyTech 15th Anniversary Street Fighter Stick. The thumbs link to bigger versions.

After gutting the original PCB, the XBox/PS2 connector and the XBox memory card jack I got to work.

I picked up a bag of Tie Mounts - 3/4" nylon self-adhesive zip tie mounts. I wanted to go this way because I didn’t want to drill extra holes into the chassis.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/Adhesive_Mounts.jpg

I used a body reamer (it’s used to create holes in RC car bodies for mounting) because I didn’t have a drill bit small enough.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/Reamer.jpg

I reamed holes into the tie mounts

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/Mount_Prepped.jpg

Here’s the hardware that I used. The black screw came from the Anniversary Stick - it was used to mount the XBox memory card jack. The silver screw came from extra steering servos - they screw the servo arm to the servo horn. It was the only screw that I could find that would fit into the upper left and lower right mount holes in the SIXAXIS PCB. The brass sleeve is also from spare servo hardware.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/Hardware.jpg

Here is the PCB attached to the nylon tie mount. The lower right is right next to the right analog control. The upper right one gave me a little scare. The flange on the screw used for the upper left mount hole made contact with one of the capacitors and pushed it aside. I used the brass sleeves to prevent further contact.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/LR_Mounted.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/UL_Mounted.jpg

Because I can’t see the PCB when the bottom cover is attached, I decided to use an old optical cable to run a fiberoptic power indicator. If you look carefully, you can see the red light at the end of the fiberoptic cable. I hot glued the fiberoptics to the PCB, but in the end I only routed one of the lines out of the chassis because the light from the LED that is on bleeds over to the second fiberoptic cable.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/Fiberoptic_Glued.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/On_Indicator.jpg

The last three pics are the PCB and AXISdapter mounted and then wired. The buttons and controller are the stock Bao-Lian parts and I’m still waiting for their HAPP replacements. Once those come in, I’ll be able to properly bind the wiring.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/PCB_AXISdapter.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/PCB_AXISdapter_02.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/PCB_AXISdapter_Wired.jpg

Any questions or comments are welcome.

-j

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Nice now for a picture of the front to top it all off!

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some of the thumbnail links are wrong

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check out sparkfun for 10x batteries. they sell out fast though.

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I fixed the links. I’ll get a pic of the setup, but aside from the AXISdapter, the rest of the stick is stock.

As for the sparkfun batteries, I’ve been reading up on them. I’m a little hesitant to use the batteries as I’ve had bad experiences with Lithium Polymer batteries (mostly problems from dealing with them for RC cars).

-j

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I’m such a SFAC fanboy. Good job on the assembly/wiring. You’ll be much happier once the Happ parts come in.

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Here are the pics of the rest of the stick.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/Top.jpg

I hope this is a little better - the flash is off so you can see the indicator light.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/Top_Light.jpg

One of the nicer things about this stick is that the bottom of the stick has a place for my USB cable.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/Under_Open.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/Under_Closed.jpg

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the cord storage is pimp!

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Are the buttons and Stick all HAPP parts? Or do you still have the original Nuby stuff?

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Nope…it’s still all the Bao-Lian (Happ clone) stuff in there. I ordered some Happ replacements but I have no idea when I’ll get them - that’s why the wiring is so messy. The connectors inside are .110 and when I switch them out, I’ll have to re-wire to .187 connectors.

When it’s all redone, I’ll probably try to sell the .110 quick disconnect 6-button wiring and extra SIXAXIS mounts (like what I used) on the cheap.

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I’ve recently replaced the old Bao-Lian stuff with Happ controls. I’ve been wondering about my old PCB and wiring. This stick had the yellow PCB and I’ve removed it intact - the wiring and memory module connectors are still attached to the PCB.

Is there a demand for that PCB if I try to sell it? I also wonder how viable it will be considering all the problems from the recent PS update.

I’ll try to post more pics of the new guts and wiring.

-j

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Cool idea using the tie mounts.

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Since you’re using a AXISdapter…

a. Is this a wireless customized arcade stick now?
b. How do you charge the SIXAXIS PCB? Is it thru mini-usb of the PCB or to the USB of AXISdapter?

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yea you charge through the mini usb on the sixaxis pcb,here isa pic of my wireless TE

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s40/the-red-comet/DSC05152.jpg

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does it work with all ps2 and ps3 games? also what converter did you use before the mod.

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It works with all PSOne, PS2 and PS3 games assuming that they are A) played on my PS3 and B) do not require the use of the analog sticks.

I bought the controller new 5-6 years ago. I only played it a few times and then shelved it. After I picked up SF and sneaked around in here, I found ShinJN and Toodles’ AXISdapter. I picked up a Toodles AXISdapter from Lizard Lick and one of ShinJN’s directly. ShinJN’s adapter went into the stick above. I never got the chance to try to use it on my PS3 with just an adapter.

-j

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I got my Happ stuff to upgrade my SFAC and I have the gutshot.

Here’s the new Happ components:

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/Happ_Guts_TN.jpg

Thanks to stnwag0n’s Start+Select=Home thread, I was able to wire this up so holding Start and Select together register as a Home button press.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z244/jizzmirk/Arcade%20Stick/Thumbs/Home_Trans_Mod_TN.jpg

-j