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Building a USB Controller/Adapter (digtal and analog)

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Gwydion:

Yes, a SNES pad is completely digital. But the pressed key information is transmitted on a serial line (from a shift register), not in parallel. To connect it to a keywiz I would have to bring back the information into parallel. AFAIK there is no keywiz that accepts serial button information. I thought the generic I/O solution from the vendor I mentioned above could do that.

Hacking it would mean soldering wires directly to the buttons of the pad. But I don't want to do this. First, because I still want to use them with my original SNES. Second, I would have to use a cable with at least 13 wires (12 buttons + ground). This cable would be very thick and unflexible. And third, it means lots of soldering, high chance of breaking my pads and I would need a special scredriver for the pads (I think its that special Nintendo screw)  ;)

Of course I can live with my parallel port adapter for a while, but an USB solution would be just fancy  ;D

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