Instructable for assembling the Cthulhu board is up. Feel free to point out any problems or typos or unclear instructtions.
I’ll gather some stuff together and hope to make a dedicated thread proper over the weekend.
I should be getting at least one of those new PS3 PCBs in the near future. Are you thinking of doing a PS2 version? I’m also thinking of getting a UPCB, but I’ve just been extremely low on free time lately.
Appreciated, they’ll be here.
There will be a multi-console version in the near future, and you can betcherass PSX will be one of them, but I dont have an ETA on that yet. I don’t want to start selling multi console versions until I have a bootloader coded that will allow for firmware updates like the UPCB has. Then, I’ll be be able to work on fixing converter support. Once those two things are done, I’ll have multi-console versions of this board available. The board will be the exact same, but the chip will be different, so if you want to install a Cthulhu and upgrade to the multiconsole version, just pop out the old chip and pop in the new chip.
Got my package! :woot:
Time to bust out the soldering iron :wgrin:
Everything about this board screams quality.
Thanks again Toodles :rock:
+rep for you dawg
Someone asked me for an idea about how long assembly of a kit takes. I just clocked myself putting one together:
10 minutes to assemble the kit
1.5 minutes to solder on the USB jack
2 minutes to solder on the screw terminals
1 minute for wire trimming cleanup and inserting the chip.
So it takes me just under 15 minutes from start to finish on a complete board including all of the options.
Ok, I’m sold on these. Will there be another revision to this board? If not, i am ready to purchase 3 complete un-assembled kits. Toodles, you have a PM.
Domz, how did you get the PC to recognized the board as “Handcrafted by Domz?”
Yes. I would definitely buy one, it would make it so much easier to use.
Replied to PM, but I figured an answer here would be good for everyone: The board itself is the final revision. I don’t forsee any need to change the board, even when I get a multi-console version done. For the PS3/PC version, the code and chip are finalized; there will not be any change to the PS3/PC code.
There WILL eventually be a multi-console version of the chip and code to be released whenever the hell I get time to work on it. The board itself will NOT change. If you have a PS3/PC version, and want to make it multiconsole, all you’d have to do is pop out the old chip and pop in the new chip. However, there is NO ETA on will this will be available because there’s a lot of code to be written to make it happen.
That was a little bonus for people who pre-ordered. All of the Cthulhu boards now identify as ‘Cthulhu PS3 Controller’.
Nice and quick reply to post. Thank you for the info. And that is an awesome bonus. =)
Will read reply once it arrives in my box.
Mine got here really fast - 2 days after I paid. 
I have 3 sticks “in the shop” getting assembled, and of course my primary stick that I’m still trying to fix the paint job up on. 
But hey - I’m getting there.
Prices, including the optional USB jacks and screw terminals, are available here:
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showpost.php?p=5545036&postcount=43
Parts are on hand and ready to ship out immediately.
toodles - as soon as i get paid you will have a pm with an order.
great work!
Just a quick question, will this work with my Vista x64 ?
Have I tried it directly on x64? No. I dont have access to any 64 bit machines.
However, I can tell you that the board, when connected to a PC, is 100% HID compliant. There are no drivers except the Microsoft HID drivers; so you KNOW there will be no ‘driver signing’ problems.
If you have ANY type of game controller, including PSX->USB adapters, that work without drivers, then the Cthulhu will definitely work.
If any Cthulhu customers have access to a Vista64 machine, a definitive answer to this would be nice.
Ninja edit: thanks for the doc with board details. Toodles is the man.
Hi Toodles, I’m pretty new to all of this, but I was wondering:
If I purchased one of your boards, would that be all I need to fix my broken Hori SC4 FS3? Say I toss the stock PCB, get some wires, buttons, quick disconnects and joystick, connect them to your board and I’ll be good to go on my PS3? All without soldering. Do I surmise correctly?
You would be correct. Just purchase the fully assembled board and all you have to do is connect the wires to the board, buttons, joystick and you are good to go. Toodles really has made it too easy to make a PS3/PC joystick.
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Sweet!! I’ll be PMing now! Thanks!
If you get the already assebmled $40 one, yes, installation won’t require any soldering. Make sure that when you cut the wires connecting the stick to the PCB that you cut as close to the original PCB as possible, so you have enough wire length to get it to whereever you mount the Cthulhu board. Ditto for the small board holding the buttons on top for start and select.