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Console Joysticks in the Works. - NEW PHOTOS!! UPDATED 2/14/09!
Kaytrim:
Just came across this page. Make sure you have some time set aside there is more then a ton of info in the links there. You could also join me over on the WoodNet Forums. Plenty of guys giving useful advice just like this site.
TTFN :cheers:
Kaytrim
Gatsu:
Oh sweet! thanks for those links. I'll look into them tonight when I get home.
Update:
I royally ---fouled up beyond all recognition--- up the wiring on this stick. Lol....I think I might have a short or a solder bridge or something. When I have everything wired to the right grounds & whatnot, none of the buttons work, and the only directions that work are diagonals. But I noticed that if Im in the 360 dashboard, the selection highlight jumps to the bottom of the page real fast. So I pulled the hot plug off the open pin on the cherry switch and set it on the closed. Then all the buttons and directions work except down.
So I've gotta go through and check all the connections again tonight. Hopefully it'll be an easy fix.
Kaytrim:
It depends on the pad you are using. Not all 360 pads are common ground. There are links about halfway down on this page that should help you finish the connections on your pad.
TTFN :cheers:
Kaytrim
Gatsu:
UPDATE!
Finished the stick! So customer #1 will be very very pleased Im sure. The 360 controller I used (madcatz) did have a common ground. Was just that the triggers needed a resistor added in order to make them work properly. So an easy fix.
But here are the pics.
My buddy Chainer (not on this site) helped me with the wiring. He's a licensed electrical engineer...so he knows more about that then I do. lol.
This stick is all Happ competition parts.
Got another stick in the works that I'll post about soon. Just gotta get the buttons and joystick ordered.
- Gats
Gatsu:
Got another stick order. They are trickling in, which is fine by me because with X-mas and work I don't have time for a huge influx of orders.
But here be a few WIP photos of the latest. Lemme know what you all think.
yeah...my routering is a little fugly. And I'm not really sure how to setup a template for future use. This stick has had a few challenges come with it, but thankfully with a little thought I've been able to use a few work arounds and get a good result. But this has also shown me that sometimes its better to just buy what you need to begin with instead of trying to get too creative with tools. lol.
Just gotta sand and cleanup the edges, fill in some of the seams....then its paint, wire and assemble! :woot
- Gat
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