I don’t know why going through a hub by itself would disable the madcatz pad. I’ll see if I can try a different hub but that one I linked was about as small as I could find.
I don’t get how you are going to plug them into a console via USB. Could you draw a small schematic? Paint will suffice 
http://home.insightbb.com/~jvarisco/wiring.jpg
Voltage and ground has to run to both PCBs in a dual setup, so these points are connected on both and run to the 6 pin connector. The 360 and Cthulu boards will each need their own seperate Data + and Data -, so 2 pins go for 360 D+/D-, and the last two pins to Cthulu D+/D-.
Now we make two cables with 6 pin minidin on one side and USB on the other. Each minidin -> USB cable only has 4 pins connected on the mindin side - voltage, ground, and D+/D- for its respective PCB. This configuration allows each cable to get power/ground while only supplying the data signals for the console you’re using.
I did something very similar to this with a PSOne controller and a 360 PCB. The only different is I needed a 9 pin connector - ground/voltage shared, with 5 pins for PSX wires and 2 pins for 360 D+/D-.
I’m not ecstatic about doing it this way, but it’s the best option without cutting a hole for a DPDT switch on my brand new case (and the USB thing doesn’t seem to be working out).
I’m trying to come up with a simple way to do it electronically, so you can connect them to a board to either select based on button press or autoswitch (which would be automagic, but I’d have to reprogram your cthulhu chip). I’ll post up if I figure one out.
Are you going with six play buttons plus the start/select/guide ? If so, it would be pretty easy to make a little board with only one chip that would do it for you. Youd have to connect power, ground, the D-/D+ pair from both pcb’s, and the two unused button lines from the cthulhu to the little board, plus the outgoing USB cable. Total of eight wires going from the little board to the pcb’s, and the four wires for the output USB, and you’d have to send me the chip from the cthulhu to reprogram.
I hope you don’t think I’m being overly difficult Toodles, but I just got a nice hardwood case from TMO, and I really, REALLY do not want to fuck with it in any way. If it was some plastic junker I wouldn’t care, but hopefully you understand my desire not to hack into it, even if it was just the mdf and plexi overlay. Thought about doing it on the underside, but then I risk it digging into my leg/ unintentionally switching when I play with it on my lap.
Yes, I’m only planning on 6 face + start/select/guidehome. The method you’re talking about sounds tempting, but honestly I was really hoping to be able to get this thing together this weekend and ready for whenever SFHD drops. On top of which, I seem to have either severe bad luck or mental retardation when it comes to working with your boards and adding additional complications seems like pushing my luck.
Oh believe me, I understand not wanting to cut into the case
The 6 pin DIN connection thing will work fine.
could someone post a link to how to wire a p360 joystick for the playstation?
That would be much appreciated
thanks
Bump
I also tried to find the same tutorial but came up dry
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=41823
Everything you ever wanted to know about a perfect360.
Quick question, I’m sure it’s probably answered somehwere in here, but every time I try to search something, it gives me a white page. So, I’m sorry if I’m beating the dead horse, but please help.
I picked up a series H PS1 controller to hack for my stick. I looked at slagcoin’s website and found a image of the PCB with all the solder points, I’ll post it here:
I’m new to soldering so bear with me. When I look at the PCB I have in front of me, it’s identical, except in the place where he circles the ground next to the solder point for right, the 3.3v, the L2 and the R2 buttons, there are no solder points. What am I missing here? I suppose, since I’m only making it six buttons, that I could just use L1/R1, but I do need to know about that ground point and the 3.3v point.
Also, what is the CI point?
One more thing, can I pull the cord off the back of the board, or will doing so damage it?
The grounds are circled in Red you don’t need that one next to the 3.3v you can use the 2 other grounds that are circled and exposed. If you don’t cut the pcb you can just trace the R2 line all the way to the bottom right corner and solder to that solder point that connects the R1 R2 buttons to the pcb.
Ci stands for Circle.
Do Madcatz Xbox 360 controllers and EX2/SC4 Xbox 360 sticks work on the PS3?
No+1
Please don’t think me lazy. I’ve gone through 10 pages of this thread, and I think what I’m asking is going to be a fast answer:
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Are any of the XBox 360 wired controllers (1st or 3rd party) wired using common ground? It’s the difference between using a DB15 and a DB25 (and coming up one conductor short), and simplifying the wiring for me inside the stick.
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What is currently the cheapest option so far as XBox 360 and PS2 pads for hacking? I have 3 sticks I’m making for christmas gifts, and I have to project-box them all, or buy UPCB’s for all three, and in either case I’m going to have to buy 360 pads to hack. I was thinking 2 project boxes, 1 PS2 (with adaptors for PS3/USB) and 1 XBox 360, maybe even an original XBox if I feel like it. When I’m buying this many pads, cheap’s the word. I can solder just fine, so solder point sizes aren’t a concern.
There are some MadCatz gamepads that are. Pics from slagcoin’s site:
There’s another MadCatz one on slagcoin’s site that ISN’T common ground; if you see diodes on the pcb, it isn’t common ground.
Absolute cheapest way would be to get common ground 360 pads and first party Sony digital pads, and connect them together in the ways described in the “2 pcb’s in one stick…possible?” thread so both pcb’s are inside the stick and have the two cables hanging out of the stick.
As luck would have it, I picked up 3 PS1 digital pads today, 1 “H”, and 2 “A”. So I might just be in business. 
Duh. I should’ve caught on. Anyway, thanks for the shoulder buttons tip.
Are there any online sellers that will ship Madcatz 360 pads to Australia?.. i have had no luck finding any 
any help appreciated thanks
Any help with finding that thread? The search function is busted here…again.