Hahaha…ok i’ll be more specific. Anything i should look out for so i don’t ruin the board (cutting connections, etc)?
The metal parts that make up the connection to the VMU can be trimmed just fine, just make sure none of them touch when you’re done. If you see any that dont go to the VMU connector you’re keeping, and only go to the VMU connector you’re removing, you can cut that metal piece close to the PCB and remove it. It doesn’t matter where you cut them, just don’t leave any touching.
OK, hack and slash, just don’t leave anything touching, got it!
Thanks, really appreciated!
HEY. Can you confirm that this pad is common ground, and not that the common line is high? It looks similar (but not same) to the “komodo” pad I hacked not long ago, but that turned out to not be common ground.
You can test it w/ a multimeter, or just check the buttons using the ground directly from the USB.
I have my TE ps3 stick round 1 now dual modded with a 360 fightpad, wired up to the RS switch on the ps3 pcb for the guide. (using an IMP) I have to switch it over while the unit is powered for the xbox (while plugged into ps3) when I plug back into ps3 with it in regular position, it automatically puts the ps3 into shut down, it asks me if i want to turn off the ps3 and it’s frozen, if I pull it out it comes out of that shutdown mode automatically, I have to power down my ps3 then turn back on, then it works fine…any ideas about this?
Hey guys, just a quick question. I’m going to padhack a PS1 digital (“M” version) and was wondering, can I use the sanwa JLF version that uses the wiring harness/pcb, and just solder the wires on the other end of the harness that plugs in to the JLF? I believe the PS1 digital has common ground for directions, so it’s just a matter of plugging in the wire harness, then soldering the other ends to the points on the PS1 PCB?
thanks for any help!
Yes.
Was given a PC Logitech Rumble Pad 2 (USB) and it works with the current PS3 firmware. Anyone have any experience using this PCB? If so do you have any wiring diagrams? If not I’ll take a look at it whenever I think of a good project =]
I have a gamepad I got from Microcenter that works on PC and PS3. I stuffed it inside a NeoGeo AES stick and wired everything up, and the stick’s directions are weird. Both Left and Right go Left, and both Up and Down go Down. I looked around and someone else had this problem with the exact same controller:
I ended up wiring the stick’s directions to the shoulder buttons so I can at least use it on my PC after some remapping, but if anyone has a solution to make this work with the directions, and not interfere with its use on the NeoGeo, that’d be really great.
The main problem I’m having with figuring this out is the NeoGeo has a dasiy-chained ground for the stick, I guess I could break away the “other ground” from the chain, and run that to the PCB, but then will the NeoGeo be able to use those directions properly? Could I tie both grounds together (I doubt it)? I could install a switch but I’d really like to avoid doing so if possible.
I know another solution is to make a project box but since this is my only NeoGeo stick (I got rid of my superguns and the other controllers some time ago) there’d be no point, not to mention the cord on this sometimes messes up at random, leaving you without a B button until you get it back in its sweet spot. And actually a project box wouldn’t work anyway since it’s not like every button/direction has its own ground on the cord.
Break the traces on the stick PCB, and run wires to each microswitch.
First off, just because I have to, if you replaced the original joystick in the old style stick, get ahold of me so I can buy the original joystick off of you 
Fat chance, but I gotta ask.
To be perfectly honest, its a crap third party pcb. You’d be tons better off just hitting a pawn store and finding an original Sony digital PSX controller for $2 or however much they’d ask for. Just biting the bullet and getting the right pcb like that would not only mean that you could dual mod the stick (i.e. Have both the Neo cord and PSX cord coming out of the stick and working) but also mean you could put the PSX pcb in a project box, plug the Neo cord into it, and leave the old style stick stock.
The joystick is stock, I love the stock stick, but the buttons are getting the 24mm dropin replacement sometime. And if my cord wasn’t so spotty I’d be fine with the project box.
Anyway it’s already a little bit south of stock:
awful pic but it’s a clean hole, strain relief fits under the original one tight as a glove.
I’d need to find a similarly small PCB too. I can take pics of the internals in a bit if it’d help to visualize it, but I have the PCB mounted kinda spiffily.
But yeah this being a cheap mod is the main goal, so maybe I’ll hunt around some pawn shops. Shame that this won’t work outright, this controller is $5.50 after tax and Microcenter always has dozens.
I’m considering installing a tiny switch near the cords.
Understood, but keep me in mind if you ever change your mind
From personal experience doing button swaps on those, the Seimitsu 24mm work and fit a bit better than the Sanwa’s, and the snap in Seimitsus are absolutely perfect; they also come in black which is just bonus, or if you do the four colors, they’ll match the red Seimitsu 30mm balltop.
PSX digital pads are pretty small (remember, NO ANALOG STICKS on the one you buy), and if you’re good at soldering, you can connect the wires close to or at the surface mount pins of the chip, and be able to safely dremel 50+% of the board off. I think slagcoin.com talks about how to do that with at least one of the more common digital PSX pcbs.
I’d rather use a USB controller, personal preference but I don’t like converters. And I’d go with Seimitsus for completeness, the stick’s almost certainly a Seimitsu according to MKL. Ideally I’d find that opaque purplish grey color somehow 
Grey would be fine.
Pics in a bit. Why not.
edit:
Guts:
My glorious hole:
Also Toodles thank you for your help.
edit: I found this thread: http://shoryuken.com/f177/connecting-seimitsu-ls32-01-sanwa-jlf-non-common-ground-xbox360-pads-178461/
Maybe a local parts store has this 847 IC, I could just dead-bug this circuit and it wouldn’t add too much to the cost.
It should be cool to cut all this extra stuff off right? And drill a few more mounting holes?
Should be fine, but a peek at the other side of the board would be a good idea. That side shows the ground plane only for those sections, so safe to cut, as long as the other side doesn’t have trace going through it.
Ditto for the drill holes.
So gotcha avoid all traces. I figured that. Thanks
Another question. Whats the preferred way to cut a pcb? Hack saw? Razor Knife? Metal Shears?
I’d say Dremel would be best.
agreed dremel will do short work on that. easy cut
I’ve used a pair of sharp scissors on that pcb… worked pretty well.