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noobofthecentury:

I have the sanwa jlf
it comes with 5 wires

black, green, yellow, orange and red

I would assume black is the common ground
but which one is up , down, left or right?


Also, I am hacking a PS1 dualshock controller
does it only need 1 common ground for all the directional buttons?




thx guys

Kajoq:

it depends on how you mount it which is u/d/l/r

This chart should help you figure it out though



Franco B:

Arrrgh, I just lost my post, here goes the 2nd attempt!

It does not matter which orientation you mount the stick. If you get it the 'wrong' way round all you will do is mess up U/D and L/R. I would suggest to put a terminal block between the joystick and game pad. That way you an easily swap the connections. You can always remove the terminal block once you are happy and solder/heat shrink the wires.

The only problem you will have is if you pad does not work off a common ground (i.e each contact on the joypad has a separate ground). If that is the case, cut the common ground trace on the JLF PCB and connect separate wires from each micro to the relevant ground.

Kajoq:

You can use a common ground on the PS1 dual shocks, He can still use the wiring harness

Franco B:


--- Quote from: Kajoq on April 02, 2008, 05:34:16 pm ---You can use a common ground on the PS1 dual shocks, He can still use the wiring harness

--- End quote ---

That's good news  :)

I think I was over complicating things before. If you have a multimeter, check which micro is the 'Up' one and connect it to the 'up' microswitch of your JLF. Do the same for the rest of your contacts.

If you don't have a multimeter you should be able to do if by eye. If memory serves me correct you should be able to see the PCB traces quite easily. 

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