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Opened up a new wired 360 pad today and its all new.
Here are some pics.
Anyone else had one of these? Looks like a common ground but I have yet to try.
would appreciate advice on alternate solder points on the back.
Its common ground to all buttons and directions.
Not tried the triggers yet.
Found the direction alt points so all is cool.
I will take a pic when Im done
Laurie it’s not exactly common ground. Here’s the info:
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=635462
The newer wireless controllers are common ground though. 
I see. Have not had a long look at it. Jumped the gun.
Thanks for the link.
Hey guys
I bought a psx controller “series H” but the contacts dont look like on the picture on the picture in the first post
this is what it looks like
whole pcb
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y209/epy0nkaru/0411081746.jpg
right side
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y209/epy0nkaru/0411081746a.jpg
left side
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y209/epy0nkaru/0411081747.jpg
it even has “seperate” pcb’s for the shoulder buttons
can anybody give me advice on where/how to solder on this controller if it’s series H? (pm me i guess)
That isn’t a dual shock, is it? That would be why it looks different.
Anyway, the best way to figure out how to hack any pad if you don’t have a multimeter, IE, the ghetto fabulous way, is trial and error. Hack both of the terminals for one button or direction with a piece of wire. Figure out from that which is the ground but using both bits of wire on different contacts. Make a map from there.
I JUST realized that i needed a dualshock controller rather than the older psx controllers
Its not the wrong one if you plan on using it on the ps2.
You can remove the 2 small pcbs. The points you will have left on the main pcb will be r1 ground r2 and on the left l1 ground l2.
You can use just one ground point and make a daisychain for every button.
Then you just need to solder a wire for each button and direction you want to the corresponding point on the pcb.
The solderless hack is actually much more fiddly than soldering to the pcb you have there.
it’s not even that, i just cant see which points are the ground and live wires compared to the one in this topic
sorry its ruff my photoshop has crapped out.
Red is live black ground. But as l say you only need the one ground.
If you follow the trace from each carbon pad you will find a bare copper point on each one.
I solder to these.
OMG thank you so much that helps a lot saves pic
i assume the copper is under these things right?
It is yeah. you need to scrape the carbon off.
Or use the little copper circles. Just follow the trace.
These might help.
Its basic but you never know.
read top to bottom. not left to right.
It was a long time ago and I was probably drunk
Oh and 6mm is a bit much to strip.
Question, Does anyone have a guide to solder an early ps one controller. Model H but no dualshock.
It :u: is here in this thread somewhere (shoot, maybe even on this page) :wgrin:
So what is the smallest available Xbox 360 PCB with common grounds? I usually use those Mad Catz Arcade Sticks, but I’m going to need something smaller for my next project.
The gamestop mini pads? Another Madcatz pad?
i wired up a madcatz arcade stick pcb but only Direction left and upleft is detected (well its right and upright on the joystick but is detected as left and upleft probubly just me messing up the location). the left contact is also where i the common ground to.
im using a project box setup as well. so i have buttons and stick wired to ports on a db25 female connector and than i have a male to male parrallel cable and then a female db25 with each wire being wired to the pcb in the way that would have it be
x y rb
a b lb
it is wired to the db25 in this manner
up down left right x y rb a b lb nothing start Common ground
nothing on bottom row is used
so the jab button goes to contact #5 on one db25 through the cord to #5 on the other db25 to the x button on the pcb
and so on
and also despite both bumper buttons not being soldered to the pcb Roundhouse registers as X while im right which registers as left but does not register at all when i am not.
could anyone please tell me where i messed up and how to fix it. i dont have a multimeter but i could buy one if necisary. im also obvioulsy a complete amateur.
Could you take a (good) picture of your soldering job?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/animefanzmg/Picture004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/animefanzmg/Picture007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/animefanzmg/Picture010.jpg
The button contact for up came undone while i was shooting
there can be no “Good” pictures of my crappy soldering
If solder points for buttons are coming apart while shooting photos, that’s not a good sign. Are you sure all the solder connections are proper?