Toodles, would I be able to use the Cthulhu board to make a 360 Street Fighter IV TE stick compatible with a PS3? Like, some kind of weird dual PCB setup…
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showpost.php?p=5826650&postcount=251
I encourage all potential customers to read this thread. Chances are high your question has already been asked and answered.
Alright, sorry about that. But, which version do you think I should buy? The 360 version or the PS3 version… Should it be do-able either way?
360 version, all the way. I can’t tell you for certain how things will happen, but I can definitely say that adding 360 support to a PS3 will be harder than adding ps3 support to a 360. That will hold true whether the Cthulhu is involved or not.
Alright, thank you very much, man. I’m going to Gamestop to make my pre-order right now. & I’ll order a Cthuhulu board around January. 
Can’t wait for it!
Good to know, i was wondering the same question, thanks toodles :woot:
hey toodles, i’m having a problem with the cthulhu.
I just got my parts from akiha, and hook everything up according to the instructions that came with the cthulhu. But for some odd reason, my joystick is not really working. Everything else works. Just the joystick movements.
I tested it with the game controller settings in windows. I moved my joystick around in 360s and not every microswitch was activated (connected to ls-32-01). The only switches it reads were…
joystick D = left corner
js DL = down
js DR = up
all other directions didn’t activate when i moved the ls - 32
Here i was thinking, it might be the joystick or the harness. So i took off the ls-32 and test it with a spare JLF i had. It came out the same result with the different direction.
D = left
DR = left corner.
any idea of whats going on?
Yup. You put the stick harness wires in the wrong holes 
Swap back to the ls-32-01. Swap the wires you have screwed into the Down and Gnd terminals. Test again. Each cardinal direction should register as a separate direction, and you should be able to figure out which wires between UDLR to switch to get it working.
Edit: Whoops, may have jumped the gun on which wires to switch. I do know that the wire you have screwed into GND is actually the down wire. Recheck a diagram for your stick paying attention to the pin orientation and NOT the colored wires and it should be easy to spot.
i’ll get back to you toodles.
edit: yeah i am not any other directions for some odd reason. =(
i’ve connected everything correctly (at least i think so) but i’m only hitting one side, one direction that is right and the 2 corners above and below right.
Luckily, there is an easy way to test if the problem lies with the cthulhu or the wiring. Unscrew the five wires of the stick harness out of the cthulhu. Move four of the button wires over to the up down left and right terminals and screw them down. Don’t worry about moving the ground over, it’s already connected on the board. Plug it in, and try each button, exactly one at a time. Each one should cause the stick to register in a cardinal direction. If each button gives you a direction, its a problem with the harness wiring. If not, it is possible there is a flaw on the board. Could you check this for me?
i’ll check it tomorrow when i get off of work. my head is throbbing and need rest since i have to wake up early.
edit: TRNG shows a pic of the harness. I was following the JLF assuming it was the same. stupid me. nights.
hey toodles. i got the problem solved. you were right, i had the wires switched around.
sorry for not realizing i was making the mistake here.
Hey Toodles,
Plexi for your Cthulhus ^_^. Put them in my Vewlix-stick but the wiring job is not so good right now, I will fix it up later when I get my USB cable.
Some pics…
http://www.akihabarashop.jp/misc/TheVewlixStick/VewlixAMPCthulhu9.JPG
Here is the stick…
http://www.akihabarashop.jp/misc/TheVewlixStick/VewlixAMPCthulhu1.JPG
Cthulhu on the plexi. Fastened with NB-4-15 bolts and FN-4 nuts. I did this for two reasons:
- It looks damn nice!
- I did not want to put a screw inside my Vewlix so I glued the nuts with a glue that is hard but you can knock the screws off with a screwdriver and hammer and it will leave 0 trace.
http://www.akihabarashop.jp/misc/TheVewlixStick/VewlixAMPCthulhu2.JPG
From the side. Routed out in the middle so the solderpoints dont touch it.
http://www.akihabarashop.jp/misc/TheVewlixStick/VewlixAMPCthulhu3.JPG
Under it. Routed out a hole where you can hook up another pcb…
http://www.akihabarashop.jp/misc/TheVewlixStick/VewlixAMPCthulhu4.JPG
The Plexi part that holds the AMP connector (Black 18P-connector).
http://www.akihabarashop.jp/misc/TheVewlixStick/VewlixAMPCthulhu5.JPG
The other part that hooks up to the connector…wired a bit but not everything…
http://www.akihabarashop.jp/misc/TheVewlixStick/VewlixAMPCthulhu6.JPG
Connected together just to see what it looks like…
http://www.akihabarashop.jp/misc/TheVewlixStick/VewlixAMPCthulhu7.JPG
Now it sits inside the stick. Quite nice…
OT: Octagonal gate because with a modded actuator it feels almost round = I like.
http://www.akihabarashop.jp/misc/TheVewlixStick/VewlixAMPCthulhu8.JPG
Inside. Need a bit off work with the wires and a usb-cable but other than that it should be nice I think.
OMG Per, wow
amazing work you did there with the Cthulhu.
Wow, so organized and so neat, this is with a see-through panel at the bottom?
That is one damn fine example of members of our community coming together to make something really ***king awesome.
Top notch, Per. That’s an amazing stick.
AAARGH. Sorry Toodles, I forgot I’d promised to post this here. :mad:
Guts:
Finished Product:
Was once a Fighting Stick Wii.
Stock stick modded with Sanwa octagonal gate and softer Cherry switches. Seimitsu red ball top and red PS-15 slim snap-in buttons. Dremeled out a screw well so the Cthulhu would fit. Also peeled off the sticker on the steel plate, sanded the steel, and painted it with Tamiya mica blue spray lacquer.
Wiring is messy, but it all works fine! :lovin::lovin::lovin:
When the madcatz 360 stick is released is anyone planning on making a tutorial of how to make it dual pcb using this?
sigh