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Neo-Geo MVS to Xbox cab project
HaRuMaN:
--- Quote from: satoshi_matrix on May 01, 2010, 08:49:48 pm ---More complicated, but is it possible to hack the left thumbstick to the digital input needed for an arcade stick?
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Not that I know of.
xmod:
Like he says, leave the trigger pots on, much less complicated.
I was up late last night making the big decision to add the triggers to my CP and yeah, screwed an S controller that the pots where already off.
The other one which I had left the whole trigger assembly worked perfect by hooking up to the middle point.
--- Quote from: satoshi_matrix on May 01, 2010, 08:49:48 pm ---More complicated, but is it possible to hack the left thumbstick to the digital input needed for an arcade stick? Every padhack I've ever seen gets its traces from the d-pad. If the left thumbstick itself could be converted into an arcade stick, it would make possible playing games like Outrun 2006 and The Red Star on the arcade cab.
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some info on that:
--- Quote ---In replacing analog sticks and their variable resistors, things are more complicated. First, removing them from several solder points can be difficult. You can usually bend the resistors away from stick and just deal with removing the other eight points. You will need some desoldering braid and probably some flux paste. Desoldering braid works like a mop; first cover the solder needing removal with flux paste so the heat does not ruin the board and the braid can absorb the solder, then press the braid directly against the solder and heat it using a soldering iron; move the braid around like a mop and collect as much solder as you can. You can also submerge it in constantly heated solder and have it soak it up. Keep in mind the braid needs to be heated too to absorb the solder. As braid is used, it is cut and thrown away. With as much solder removed from the analog sticks as possible, push the stick out of the PCB; you may need some pliers to help in this.
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source:
http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/pcb_wiring.html
Im not going into that, too much work, even tho very tempting. maybe later, but for now looking to finish this build so I can move on to the real project which will be a Mame with a PC.
HaRuMaN:
About that, much easier to desolder the analogs with a solder sucker. I've done a couple of those where the guy wanted the pad as flat as possible.
satoshi_matrix:
I'm a solder sucker man myself. Braid I find is harder to use. I'm been thinking of what padhack to go with, but then I realized that I could simply gut one of my existing console arcade sticks. With regular Xbox controllers you have cut the yellow wire and install a push button to turn the system on and off through the controller. Is it possible to extend the Xbox power button to its own pushbutton on the control panel directly without going through the controller? Basically I just want to extend the power button directly to the cp. If this can be done, how?
HaRuMaN:
I haven't decased my Xbox in a while, but this should be possible. Open yours up, look at the power button. It should just be a simple switch - 2 connections. Solder a wire to each connection, and run them to a pushbutton on your CP.