i connected the grounds…but for some reason…when i connect the red wire of saturns with the red wire of the ps2, the saturn gets all buggy, but the ps2 works fine
ok, ive been reading and havent really seen a clear cut answer for what i need.
the mad catz live arcade stick, im wiring a p360 stick, is the red wire the +5v and black the ground wire? if so can i just directly solder to those 2 points or are there alternate points on the board i can use?
Ok Im trying to put a 360 and xbox 1 wired pads on my arcade stick
When I connect A and B on both pads to the arcade button if u press A both of them activate if u press B actives fine. And I tried all of this combinations with the same results:
Microcon 360 + SFAC Arcade stick pcb
wired 360 pad + Sfac arcade stick pcb
Microcon 360 + Xbox S-pad
wired 360 pad + Xbox S-pad
Some guy told me to buy the SPTD for the ground, but I dont even have the ground of the 360 pad connected to the xbox 1 pad or acade stick pcb. Im testing this on the xbox 1.
Thanx.
The PS1 DualShock solderless A Series hack mirror’s been down for a while, so I found a rapidshare one in case anyone else needed it and had trouble finding it.
http://rs121.rapidshare.com/files/29709471/SpiffyShoesAHack.rar
i have this 3rd party dc pad, but i have some questions.
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9615/dscf1352rg3.th.jpg
i was wondering.
1st) where are L and R buttons? Ive seen the official dc pad hack where the sensors are l and r but this pad has a couple.
2nd) where is the ground?
The red wire on one far side is indeed +5, the black on that far opposite is ground.
one last question. do the analog stub and the huge joystick stub just come off if i pull hard enough? im afraid to pull too hard and break the board. so i was just wondering
Yes, they both come off. I recommend twisting off instead of pulling off.
What about hacking keyboards for us arcade cabinet noobs?
starcade: yeah i managed to get em off with twisting back and forth.
so i started soldering and came across a rather huge problem for me. the ground wire going from the pcb to the usb cable was ripped apart… i didnt notice if it was already like that when i gutted the whole thing. but the cable snapped inside the cable enclosure and i have to rip apart some of the cable to get to it.
so my question is, is that specific cable necessary or am i just fine re-routing the ground wire staright to the p360 stick ground terminal? im not even gonna continue this project til i kno wotherwise, so im not wasting my time.
The ground wire from the USB cable HAS to be connected to the ground on the PCBs; if theres no connection between the PCB ground and the ground USB pin, there is no power. So, no matter what, the ground wire on the USB has to connect to ground on the PCB. Go ahead and try connecting it through the p360 ground; as long as the multimeter shows 0 resistance between the p360 ground, the PCB ground, and the ground pin on the USB end of the cable, you’re golden. But all three of those MUST be connected with little to no resistance.
Just buy an iPac (www.ultimarc.com) or a keywiz (www.groovygamegear.com)
Lots of reasons not to hack a keyboard :).
i was afraid you were going to say that lol. looks like im gonna have to rip the enclosure open a little and reconnect the wire. sigh =(
thanks toodles
Are you sure it is totally torn? The ground going to the PCB is mostly uninsulated.
Does anyone know of a PS3 PCB that…
- is wired
- uses a common ground
- has all buttons hackable and lag-free
- has a Home button that can turn on the console ?
Now I can’t believe this wouldn’t have been discussed previously so I’m sure that I missed it but I searched my little heart out and I couldn’t find peep!
Slim pickins, I’d imagine, considering all the buttons are supposed to be analog and not digital. I know Hejdlond used a Hori Pad 3 Turbo when he made this custom stick; it looks to be common ground and all buttons are hacked, but he specifically mentioned that its Home button cannot turn on the console.
Actually, for all I know that may bean ability reserved for official 1st party stuff. Do ANY 3rd party controllers have the ability to turn on the PS3 using their Home button?
not quite sure what you mean. is that wire just wired to the cable shielding or something? cuz thats what my friend says it seems like on his pcb
Thats crazy/awesome. Thanks alot.
Actually I think that any plain USB controller with 13 buttons and a dpad/hat-switch would function as a PS3 controller. I imagine that it wouldn’t be able to turn the PS3 on using the “home button” since I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be powered when the PS3 is off. You could possibly even go with more buttons but I don’t know how the PS3 would handle that.
On the madcatz arcade sticks, the ground wire is only insulated by the actual cable during the length of the cable. After coming out of the cable, it is then in some black insulation. On a quick inspection, it might seem like it is damaged, but that’s just how they come.
ok so now im moving on to the ps1 series A pad. im doing the solderless hack. basically the same question as my 360 question. where should i solder the +3.3v and ground for the p360? are there actual terminals somewhere or can i only solder directly where the wires are? and im assuming red and black as usual?
sorry, no multimeter atm and i couldnt find an answer when i searched.