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P360 w/ X-Arcade PCB
Vol:
So after hacking my first gamepad (a Belkin Nostromo ten button), and using a Happ's Super Joystick and some Happ's Ultimate pushbuttons... I'm hooked.
I wanted to use my controller (or controller's top panel anyway - the rest of the controller enclosure hasn't been completed) for my console game systems. So I bought an X-Arcade PCB and the every adapter package for it (DC, PS, XBox, GC). Then the Perfect 360 joysticks went on sale so I picked up two of those and a slew of buttons. After I tried the Perfect 360s with the hacked gamepad I'm in heaven. These things are incredibly accurate (unlike the super's whose 8 way mode makes the diagonals too sensitive, and 4 way mode which makes then very difficult to hit). However, I cannot get them to work with the X-Arcade PCB. The problem is NOT +5V. I picked up a 5V 1500mA cell phone charger adapter which provides the +5V DC just fine (that's where I got the 5V when I used the gamepad hack). The problem is that the X-Arcade PCB does not recognize the signals from the Perfect 360. I'm beginning the process of trying to determine what voltage goes through the X-Arcade switches for the joystick circuits but I've yet to begin yet.
I'm making this thread in hopes that perhaps someone else has already been through this process and has a solution or can at least tell me to stop now if this is impossible. Also, I will document my progress in this thread so that if I am able to make this work, the information will be here for others attempting the same thing.
Please don't tell me to hack a PSX pad and use adapters. I've already invested a good deal of money into the X-Arcade PCB and its adapters.
Also, I'm about as far from an electronics/circuitry expert as you can get. I understand the simple stuff but I may (and probably will) be popping back in here for some help.
Thanks guys, and wish me luck!
Vol:
http://www.mameworld.net/pc2jamma/pc_arc5.html
This is a possibility.
Snakebyte:
Ahhh I was wondering if someone else had the same idea as me. Hope to see some progress soon!
Vol:
I've ordered a few 74HC4066N Quad Bilateral Switches from Arrow Electronics http://www.arrow.com - You won't find these things at Radio Shack.
I'll be putting a very simple circuit together and will post the results. I'll draw up the circuit and post it later today.
Vol:
Ok, rough wiring diagram of what I'm going to try when I receive my chips.
Wiring:
Pin-out of the 4066:
I'll post again when I've had a chance to put this together and test it.