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| paigeoliver:
I have only personally hacked Nes pads (and seen hacked playstation pads), and they actually work the same way as normal arcade controls (I have also hacked MANY PC gamepads, which are built the same way). Those "really close" traces you are looking at are actually an open circuit, and the rubber pad actually completes the circuit (I don't think it is actually rubber). Most keyboards work pretty much the same way (except they look quite different inside). If you have a multimeter then you can test this yourself. Set it to check continuity, and you can verify that it is an open circuit, now put one of those rubber pads down, and BAM the circuit closes. So basically you hack the console controller exactly the way it seems you should, a wire is soldered to each side of the circuit, and your switch goes in the middle. Some use a common ground which reduces the amount of wires to solder. If you are doing a setup for an older console, then look for an aftermarket "arcade" style joystick to hack rather than a gamepad. They are infinitely easier to deal with, as they often tend to have wires inside that you can splice on, and tend to have more or better points to solder to. --- Quote from: Gideon on January 15, 2004, 07:38:41 pm ---Hi! Thanks for the FAQ, CitznFish. I return to it often and have a slight suggestion. I'm not sure if this is asked frequently, but I'm under the impression that it's easy to do: Could you put an entry about interfacing arcade controls to console systems? Though, I can't seem to find a topic in the forums about it, so it's probably really easy. Well, it would make this poor, ignorant person's day if I could be told how to hack console controllers. So, could you perhaps create an entry on it? Now, I will try and prove that I have a brain: From what I can tell by opening up an SNES controller, each basic button has two conductor pads that are really close--not touching but close enough so that a signal can make the "jump". The purpose of the exterior button is to depress an insulating rubber pad, covering both of the conductor pads, thus terminating the circuit. Now, I'm told that arcade controls from Happ's and other similar places do the opposite: They make a closed circuit when the button is pressed as opposed to an open one. So, I theorize that if one wanted to hack an SNES controller, one would solder a single wire onto both "conductor pads" which would run to a NOT switch, which would then run to a generic pin interface (I believe you guys call them Molex connectors). Did I get everything right? Is that the way to do it? Undoubtedly, I screwed up with some of the terminology, as I have no background whatsoever in electronics. If you knew me personally, you might be impressed that I even made it this far! It's worth mentioning that my conception of a NOT switch is simply that: I have never actually seen one or know what one would look like. Is it a little box? Also, I have never soldered. Oh, and I understand that my question basically amounts to "How do I hack controls?" because virtually all gamepads must work this way, but it seems that lately, everyone is using console emulators with a keyboard encoder... Which I think I could do. --- End quote --- |
| Gideon:
Thank you very much. As you can see, I've been pretty confused about the subject! So, it's good to have a knowledgdable person teach me. |
| Rando:
--- Quote from: CitznFish on March 02, 2003, 02:31:20 pm ---Feel free to add/update this FAQ. http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~darrelld/newbie.html Please remember this is based on what I thought I needed as a newbie to this hobbie. --- End quote --- Hi, New guy here looking at sticky pages and links, and the above link doesn't appear to work any longer? Is there a newer option? Thanks! Randall |
| newmanfamilyvlogs:
Being almost 7 years old, it's certainly all outdated, even if it were available. If you really want to see what it said, here is a google cache copy: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~darrelld/newbie.html it just all links back to old forum threads. |
| Encryptor:
It's too bad the OP didn't put it into a PDF file. I'm sure there is still a lot of good information in it for a noob. Encryptor |
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