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Dreamcast control pad hacking
armad1ll0:
I usually hack the sega ones and then use a wire wheel attachement on my dremel to expose the copper. It's not hard.
As for the analog buttons. I found them easy to hack into. There are four possible contacts to solder to. I think that the analog works on a principle of a magnet or something. The further you pull the trigger the closer the magnet came to this small "chip" with four contacts on it. I wired up the ground and then poked around a plugged in controller. I found the propper contact to hack into for the triggers. Now the analog triggers act digital for my button presses.
anthony691:
--- Quote from: armad1ll0 on May 21, 2003, 05:07:51 pm ---I usually hack the sega ones and then use a wire wheel attachement on my dremel to expose the copper. It's not hard.
As for the analog buttons. I found them easy to hack into. There are four possible contacts to solder to. I think that the analog works on a principle of a magnet or something. The further you pull the trigger the closer the magnet came to this small "chip" with four contacts on it. I wired up the ground and then poked around a plugged in controller. I found the propper contact to hack into for the triggers. Now the analog triggers act digital for my button presses.
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You are ovbviously skilled! Everyone else said it was really hard and they broke a few! Do you know how the controller port would break?
I wish you could do it at a price I could afford (I need 2)... but I am broke! Do you accept trades (in general)? If I mailed you a DC pad could you go any cheaper? Sorry if I am being unreasonable... I can't afford that right now : (
I spent a ton of money to buy a device that does Video in to a Monitor with a remote and stuff. It is called the ProView. It even has a remote! Now I just need to figure out the damn controls!
armad1ll0:
Dissassemble the controllers, pull the cable off of them, ship them to me. I'll wire up 15 wire cable to them with about 18" on there and zip tie the cable to the encoder board. (I always do this so that movement doesn't tear the wires off the encoder board.
I'll then ship them back and email you the wire color code. (incase you can't read the board)
$20 total for labor/parts plus $5 shipping.
email me for shipping address.
anthony691:
--- Quote from: armad1ll0 on May 21, 2003, 05:28:48 pm ---Dissassemble the controllers, pull the cable off of them, ship them to me. I'll wire up 15 wire cable to them with about 18" on there and zip tie the cable to the encoder board. (I always do this so that movement doesn't tear the wires off the encoder board.
I'll then ship them back and email you the wire color code. (incase you can't read the board)
$20 total for labor/parts plus $5 shipping.
email me for shipping address.
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WOW! You will do this for me for 20$! FOR BOTH?! It isn't even worth me trying for that price! I'll E-Mail you. THANKS SO MUCH! Can you gaurantee I won't fry my DC though? I don't suppose you could because of shipping and stuff... (read as: will you test them?)
These are 6 button too (plus start and D-Pad), right? Grounds wired too and all? Wow, thanks dude! So one cable coming off for ground?
I need to come up with 25$ first! (I bought a LCD monitor, the VGA video in thing, a 10,500 RPM 10GB HD, A 20GB laptop HD, (2) 1 GB IBM Micro Drives... and SO ON! (read as: it may take me a day or so)
SNAAAKE:
--- Quote from: anthony691 on May 21, 2003, 04:38:11 pm ---Can I dibs the Madcatz pads? How do you blow the controls port!? I think I am in over my head on this one! SNAAKE, did you do it on your first try?
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very easy to blow up dreamcast ports.
Work on the pad while the console is on and you have the pad connected.
there ya go ! :D
Okay it was over 2 years ago..I didnt know.
Actually my first try was all good then I thought I had too much skills so I tried hacking the "official" dreamcast pad and ended up blowing out the controls port.
what the heck ! :-[
anyway it was under warrenty so sega fixed it free ! :P