TE2 Crossbone - Electrical mods made significantly easier for the Madcatz TE2

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381

Wait… You’re modding a te2 with a crossbone and the UFB? Or the fightboard?

In any case, its pin 1 (starting from left)

382

@Vicko The fightboard with crossbone.

By pin 1 I’m guessing on the 20 pin header?

19…1
20…2

383

No, the long straight one on top.

The 20p is for the standard inputs.

384

And I said starting from the left

385

It never switches. With that A and C jumpers bridged , my PC recognizes the crossbone and the imp won’t switch to ps360+. With the jumpers not bridged, the PC recognizes the ps360+
And the imp won’t switch to the crossbone. All buttons work fine in either mode.

386

You might have a bad imp, do you have a multimeter handy?

387

I thought the same thing. I had an extra imp anyway and tried it. Resoldered multiple times on to each imp. Same exact issue.
I checked for continuity on each pin. What else should I check?

388

I think I found the problem, but I don’t know what it means. Here’s my measurements when testing voltage.

IMP
VCC-3.6
D-0.0
E-3.2
F-3.0
Xd+ 2.5
Xd- -0.13
USB out d- 0.13
USB out d+ 2.5

Crossbone USB out d+2.5
Crossbone USB d- -0.13

So everything gives some type of reading except D on the imp, it’s 0.0. I have confirmed that there is continuity. What does this mean?

389

are you testing voltage? I meant to test continuity

390

Those were voltage readings. As for continuity. I get a steady beep on all pins, including D

391

do any of them beep on neighboring pins?

392

I checked for that too. Nope

Edit: I take that back. I get a beep when I test A and G on the imp. I’m guessing that’s correct since they are both ground

393

is it possible to connect this to the crossbone???

http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/4470-thickbox_default/brook-ps3ps4-fighting-board-with-paradise-breakout-.jpg

394

Yup. You can technically connect any common ground PCB to the crossbone.

395

@Akshen did you decide on what to do about the crossbone’s signal delay for updating. I’m still leaning toward keeping a button inside.

396

Oh I just took it out of the stick, updated it like that, then put it back in. Keeping buttons soldered directly and stored in the stick is a good idea IMO. I’m planning on doing it when I get another fightboard.

397

Here’s an idea. Wire 2 buttons into the brook directly and stick them in the little button storage compartment. Voila.

398

That’s exactly what I’m considering, except I would need three spaces. One for my imp button

399

oh this brooks board is common ground???

400

i never needed a hard wired button for imp, and if so, just use one of those 2 buttons.

Yes!!!