Question regarding pcb wiring and amount of buttons

Tech Talk
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I want to know if it is required to use ALL of the buttons on a pcb when making a stick. Meaning if I wanted to take apart some logitech usb controller I have laying around, and want to make a 6 button layout and add 1 button somewhere as a start function, would it matter if I left alone the other triggers and select?

This is mainly for PC usage only, but in regards to console, would it matter it’s not picking up a signal from certain buttons?

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It doesn’t matter which buttons you wire long as you leave the triggers intact. If you rip them off there’s additional fun (resistors) to be had. An un-soldered point isn’t going to hurt anything.

3

Great, thank you.