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[Gasp]

sorry i dont know the official terms but yes something that spreads a singular ground signal to all the ground connections.
i was just curious if that worked or why it wouldnt.

[Toodles]

sorry i dont know the official terms but yes something that spreads a singular ground signal to all the ground connections.
i was just curious if that worked or why it wouldnt.

?? You mean like a barrier strip?
http://www.apexjr.com/images/BARRIER_STRIP.jpg
Nah, it won’t work. There is simply no way to do it without adding more electronics to the mix. I’m trying to think of a good analogy to explain it but nothing is coming to mind. You’re just gonna have to trust me on this one. Get a common ground pad and be done with it.

[Gasp]

no problem i was just curious and i know you’re srk’s residential knowledge bomb.

thanks

[troll_hammer]

Hey Quick Question.

Has anyone hooked up a Happ P360 to the Cthulu board?

[Toodles]

Hey Quick Question.

Has anyone hooked up a Happ P360 to the Cthulu board?

It works just fine, and there is even an easy to access point to connect the red power wire.

[troll_hammer]

It works just fine, and there is even an easy to access point to connect the red power wire.

Holy SHIT!..

Awesome

uh…

… where is the access point?

[Toodles]

welcome document, check first post.

[troll_hammer]

welcome document, check first post.

oh snap. thanks.

[final_cut]

welcome document, check first post.

Just to confirm… This is the VCC, right? Just plug the power into that? I don’t use it but I saw the warning and wanted to be sure in case I did down the line.

Toodles, I want to tell you that this board/PCB is amazing. Even I couldn’t fuck up wiring for a stick with this thing. Not only that, but I’ve ultimately decided that my Hori PS3 stick was a total peice of crap after I wired up my custom stick with a Cthulu board. Does my hori lag, is it the quality of the buttons that’s bad? I don’t know. I thought it was fine till I used this thing. Anyway, I wanted to say thanks for your work on this board. It really is amazing.

[crackbone]

Just to confirm… This is the VCC, right? Just plug the power into that? I don’t use it but I saw the warning and wanted to be sure in case I did down the line.

Toodles, I want to tell you that this board/PCB is amazing. Even I couldn’t fuck up wiring for a stick with this thing. Not only that, but I’ve ultimately decided that my Hori PS3 stick was a total peice of crap after I wired up my custom stick with a Cthulu board. Does my hori lag, is it the quality of the buttons that’s bad? I don’t know. I thought it was fine till I used this thing. Anyway, I wanted to say thanks for your work on this board. It really is amazing.

The Hori doesn’t lag, but the button quality is pretty bad.

[troll_hammer]

Here’s another dumb quick Question.

So when I hook up my P360 to the board, All i need to do is hook up the red power wire to the VCC connection. No external power source is needed, right?

I’m sorry I’m asking such a retarded question, but I rather be safe then a sorry ass motherfucker without an awesome cthulu board.

[Toodles]

Just to confirm… This is the VCC, right? Just plug the power into that? I don’t use it but I saw the warning and wanted to be sure in case I did down the line.

I’m not sure what you mean by ‘this’; I cant tell if you were trying to post a picture or anything, but I think you have the right idea. The line marked VCC (if you have a kit, you can see the VCC marking on the board itself. If you have the screw terminals installed, look at the picture in the welcome doc to see which one I mean) is the one that can be used to supply power ( +5 volts ) to any other doohickey’s you might have, such as Suzo Inductive, Sanwa Flash, Perfect 360 sticks, or even custom LED driver boards like the ones Kaytrim makes.

Toodles, I want to tell you that this board/PCB is amazing. Even I couldn’t fuck up wiring for a stick with this thing. Not only that, but I’ve ultimately decided that my Hori PS3 stick was a total peice of crap after I wired up my custom stick with a Cthulu board. Does my hori lag, is it the quality of the buttons that’s bad? I don’t know. I thought it was fine till I used this thing. Anyway, I wanted to say thanks for your work on this board. It really is amazing.

Appreciated. Spread the love, let people know, post up pics of it installed and I’ll link to it in the first post. As for the Hori, I haven’t tried to compare speed between it yet (yes guys, I know I need to test against wireless pads. Its coming soon, I swear. ) but I’d bet it mostly has to do with the buttons. But hey, if you enjoy the hell out of it, I’m happy to help.

Here’s another dumb quick Question.

So when I hook up my P360 to the board, All i need to do is hook up the red power wire to the VCC connection. No external power source is needed, right?

Correct. The perfect 360 has six parts to connect: the red power wire, the black ground wire, and the four tabs, one for each direction. Take the black wire, trim a little insulation off of the end, and screw it one of the terminals marked ‘GND’. Take the red wire, trim a little insulation off of the end, and screw it into the screw terminal marked VCC. Take some wire, crimp a QD on one end, put the QD on the perfect 360 tab marked Up, remove some insulation from the end of the wire, screw it into the screw terminal marked up. Repeat for other three directions, open beer, drink beer, play game.

[final_cut]

Oh, I was referring to the post above mine, sorry. (but now it appears below mine?) I was just confirming that you just plug the power directly to the VCC terminal thing, and you don’t need to do any kind of fiddling with multimeters or whatever to power your flash or p360. I saw the warning and was just wondering. I think I understand now.

[ShinJN]

Yea. The VCC is +5V so all you need to do is plug in the power of your P360 and you are good to go.

[troll_hammer]

Yea. The VCC is +5V so all you need to do is plug in the power of your P360 and you are good to go.

Sweet, Word to mothers everywhere.

I’ll post pics up in the I love my shitty stick thread when I’m done modding my SFAC.

[Jayducky]

Has anyone wired LED’s to the Cthulhu board. I have a 6 button flash board
from Kaytrim and I need to connect it to VCC right? One wire to the LED and one
wire to the ground will make it work from what I understand. I just don’t want to
blow up my PS3.

[Toodles]

Has anyone wired LED’s to the Cthulhu board. I have a 6 button flash board
from Kaytrim and I need to connect it to VCC right? One wire to the LED and one
wire to the ground will make it work from what I understand. I just don’t want to
blow up my PS3.

It’ll work just fine, just doublecheck all of your wiring before plugging it into anything expensive.

[Kaytrim_s_Kustoms]

Has anyone wired LED’s to the Cthulhu board. I have a 6 button flash board
from Kaytrim and I need to connect it to VCC right? One wire to the LED and one
wire to the ground will make it work from what I understand. I just don’t want to
blow up my PS3.

If you want, hang on for a few days Jay. I just received a Cthulhu kit for my personal stick. When I get a chance next week I’ll check things out and get a schematic made up.

It should be straight forward though. The power from Cthulhu is 5v which the resistors are set for. Just wire the outputs from the Cthulhu to the Button Flash as I have in your instruction diagram. Connect the buttons and LEDs as the diagram shows and you should be golden.

Kaytrim

[Jayducky]

Thanks Toodles and Kaytrim!
Since this is my first time doing LED’s, I would like to see a schematic
before I attempt anything on my end just to safe.

[dtampinco]

Thanks Toodles and Kaytrim!
Since this is my first time doing LED’s, I would like to see a schematic
before I attempt anything on my end just to safe.

I second that. :wgrin: