Stick to MixBox conversion, need Help!

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Hi guys,
For my first project, I’d like to convert my Hori RAP V to a Mixbox. I plan to just change the stick to key switches.
As I settled for some cherry switches, I saw on a random video that you have to solder 2 wires per switches?! The thing is the wires connecting my actual stick to the pcb are totally different, and it seems that I can’t replicate the actual wiring to the key switches.
Here’s a photo of my pcb
http://imgur.com/gallery/Yk1y0X4
Do you have any advices/ressources that could help?
Thanks guys!

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You’ll need something (conceptually) like this:

Your cherry switches won’t have the same connectors at the harness that I posted, so you’ll have to figure something out from there. But that’s the idea of what you need.

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Thanks for your reply!
I’m not very well versed in the electronics so figuring this out by myself wont be easy…
Do you have a brand of switches in mind that sells their own 5pin conversion harness?

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OK, so after a bit of research I found this:

It got a 5pin connector and the output seems correct for the cherry mx, I know it’s not a converter by nature but I wonder if it could work.
Any of you guys know if it’s the case?

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This method might be illegal for tournament play since you’re not allowed to use opposite directions at once.

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I don’t mind, I don’t go to tourneys for now, just locals :slight_smile:
Do you think if I wire up my keyboard keys to the socd it will work? It’s made for Hitbox not mixbox, so I wonder if it matters if it’s buttons or keys

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It shouldn’t make a difference

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That’s nice to hear :slight_smile:
For some reasons there’s almost nothing that is related to arcade to mixbox conversion on internet so I reeeeally hope I’m gonna make this work

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The Jasen’s Customs SOCD filter board is legal. It uses the standard Neutral style SOCD filtering.

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Cool!