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--- Quote from: flipwitnrg on February 15, 2011, 11:11:50 am ---Hey i saw how he did it but he had an xbox 360 arcade stick already. im building my control panel/arcade stick. i understand that mine would still work as long as if i have button for each function and it is wired connectly, but this PCB doesnt support two players right?

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You get 1 PCB for each player. Then when you build your control panel, the wires for the buttons/joysticks go into the PCB. You don't even need to know how to solder. The best part is that it is compatible with XBox 360, PS3 and PC without any need to do any kind of hacking.


--- Quote from: flipwitnrg on February 15, 2011, 11:55:59 am ---when you say hack an xbox 360, what do you mean? im new to all this. are you saying open an xbox controller up and do it that way. im just trying to build my own 2 player control panel, and be able to somehow hook it up to my pc and xbox 360 or ps3. i just want to be able to use the control panel whenever i play my 360, ps3, or pc.

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He's suggesting instead of buying the PCB I linked to (that is somewhat more expensive) you buy a wired 360 pad and hack the controls. If you're comfortable with doing this (it's not easy) then by all means.

HaRuMaN:

^ Right.  Hack the controller...  see my link for examples to see what I'm talking about:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=76185.0

Donkbaca:

I think what the OP is wondering is if there is a way to connect the same controls to the pc and the xbox/ps3 at the same time.

A cheaper/ easier way then that pcb is the hori ex2 stick. You can get one for 30 bucks if you look around. It's an xbox 360 stick, plug and play into a pc and already has the sticks and buttons. All you would have to do is build it into your cp, or transplant the hardware to your cp

Rice Cube:

@donkbaca, yeah thats what i am trying to do, i want to connect the same controls to my pc and xbox 360 or ps3 at the SAME TIME.

so this hori ex 2 stick, if i wanted to have two players going i would get two, build them into my control panel, and then connect them both to my pc?

would this solve my issue. found it on paradise arcade shop, im thinking it will.

http://paradisearcadeshop.com/24-arcade-controller-to-usb.html

Donkbaca:

That interface will let you hook up joysticks to the pc, it won't work with the xbox. 

The Hori ex2 is an arcade joystick that uses knockoff seimitsu parts, since its already wired to joysticks and buttons, you wouldn't have to hack a xbox pad, you could either build two into a cp, or transplant the sticks and buttons onto a cp, or just use the guts with your own buttons and sticks.

Not sure of a way to wire something to a pc and xbox at the same time, with the same controller.  The only thing I can think of would be to wire the microswitches in your controls to an to sets of inputs, one for the pc and one for the xbox.

Maybe you could take that paradise arcade and hook it up to your pc.  Take 2 hori sticks and connect them to your xbox an then connect the paradise arcade controller to the hori sticks.  that way when you use the hori sticks, it sends out 2 sets of inputs, one to the xbox and one to the pc.

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