Daisy chain is simply just running small wires from one ground to another in a chain like so
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My arcade stick mod.
I did a Streetfighter arcade stick mod with Happ parts came out so good I cannibalized the other stick I had. Its guts I used for a table with drawers, with the stick on top.(Little furniture piece) Live support. It works for PS2 and Xbox. It came out great and I am going to walmart tonight and buying 2 of these cheap cabinets and doing them with all the Happ parts for a matching set. Is the eight button slanted preferred to the eight parallel? Where can I get a template for printing? Maybe a couple of them to compare. Thanks in advance.
Im still confused on how to daisy chain my ground, a pic would help.
at the moment im thinking of just using multiple wires and grounding them all.
http://www.darkravenwind.com/cdvision/madcatz2.htm
There are a couple of pics and instructions on how to daisy chain the ground. It shouldn’t be too hard.
thanks a lot, that really helped!!
Does anybody know where I can find a guide to modding a psx h series pad to happ or sanwa parts?
Button templates?
is bending the wire nessesary when putting on the disconnects?
No, just as long as it stays inside the QD, bending it isn’t quite necessary, but it adds more wire inside the “sleeve” it would come loose as easily.
question, has anyone here modded one of the newer Red Octane stix yet? I’d just like to see how difficult it’d be to change the sticks/buttons to either happ or sanwa depending on how much money I have later on.
would a happ stick fit if u made a new bottom for it? as in putting one over the bottom, rather between the 4 walls or would it still be a tight fit?
Mas Stick
recently had to move and my MAS stick got messed up in the move. the top part with the joystick and buttons came off and 2 of the wires came off the circut board, i was thinking of selling it because i wanted a new one anyway, its set up on the ps1 controller so it doesn’t work with xbox :(. its the 6 button nova stick. i can send pictures if needed. if anyone wants to buy it i will except offers. i was wondering where i could find a site that could show me where to solder the wires at back on the circuit board. i know i don’t post here much but it would help me alot, without using an arcade stick fighting games arnt the same :(. thanks
Urzakor: Changing it to Happs shouldn’t be a big problem, just a simple swap. If the stick is too long for the box, just chisel away some of the bottom. Sanwa parts though were ment to be mounted on thin metal plates, so mounting in a wooden box would require lots of extra work. Check the Sanwa modding thread for more info.
DonNozzle: Soldering guide
Urzakor: I’ve only modded one and it turned out that the plexi was cut correctly for sanwa parts so you only had to modify the wood. It is pretty easy to enlarge the holes in the wood with a metal file for the buttons. If you wanted to put a sanwa joystick in there you would need to top mount it. A happ joystick is just slightly too big to fit in it though. It would be ok though if you made a thicker bottom or just left the bottom off.
mmk - thanks guys. looks like I’ll be goin with a RO mod since I don’t want to have to deal with a PCB right now.
to top mount a sanwa stick, I know what I have to do… but would I be able to do it with just a dremel or should I look for a router somewhere? I’m not that proficient with woodworking so iono. I was thinkin I could just do the brunt of the work by shaving/cutting it with teh dremel then using a metal file to touch it up.
Alright, I’m fixing to try to hack 2 PS1 Dual Shocks I have, I was going to go the spiffyshoes solderless hack, but in the time in takes to find 2 pads with a ribbon terminal, I could learn to solder and it be done with. (I already have one easy hack A-Series, but I can’t find another one)
So I guess I need a Soldering check list, what should I buy?
Wal-Mart has a package with solder, a 25watt gun, and something else, I forget.
Radio Shack has a 30watt with solder and more stuff for the iron, for the same price.
Which one should I get? What wattage?
Any tips for hacking a PS1 Dual Shock? I have 2 I hack by soldering, they look different, but the board looks the same. I’ll be trying to copy J&D’s hack from the picture.
I’m confused about grounds, do I just need one ground running from the stick to one of the D-Pad ground and one from one of the button grounds?
I’d be daisy chaining the ground from button to button.
Sorry, but this is a handy skill to have, and I searched this thread, but nothing I searched for came up. Thanks.
I have A SFAS and i want to put a perfect 360 in it, Is it possible? if so all i need to know is were does the ground and the 5v cord go?
There is a TON of information in this thread - let alone forum. Any question you can ask has been asked somewhere here before. But yes, ground is ground. Daisy chaining is ok. And use a 15W iron - safest way to solder the PCB without burning it up.
I bought a happ competition stick and i’m not sure what the e-ring is there for. How am I supposed to stick it to the sheft? And also, are 1/4" drill bit and 3/16" carrige bolts good sizes for securing the stick on the wood panel?
thanks in advance!
Yeah I know, I read this whole thread before, and then I searched, I tried putting in “soldering” “wattage” “daisy chaining” “Ground”
I couldn’t find the answers I really needed, and you can’t expect new people (even though I’m not, new account.) to try and look at this whole thing before asking questions, maybe rotendo could make the first post a compliation of all the basic info here.