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Street Fighter 4 conversion
ViciousXUSMC:
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--- Quote from: ViciousXUSMC on March 17, 2009, 05:36:01 pm ---Looks like the crimp/pin DB25's are not so bad. I did not trust them so the last 2 projects I did I used the kind you solder too. I was afraid the pins would move around side to side in the crip/pin type like cheap molex adapters on a pc do. I also just thought it would be a safer/better connection.
Its not really hard to solder them and after doing it twice now I can do the 3rd one for my Wii/Gamecube adapter but for sure I will give this a shot.
They sell DB25 headers like this at radioshack, as my luck my have it they are out of the soldering kind at my store anyways (as they only carried two and I used them both)
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On the 2up side where I used the crimp pins and solid wire with the female DB25 connector, when I push the male DB25 cable onto the connector, all the pins push out a little, almost out of their sockets. All but one of the buttons worked when I pushed the connector on and I was able to push them all back down into their sockets with the insert/extract tool. I think the reason was that I used solid wire and the pins themselves look a little smaller than the pins that I was supposed to use. The side where I used stranded wire and wrapped it around the pin holds on much better, I think because of the thickness of the wire strands wrapping around the pin.
:afro: My 2up side works but the uncertainty of it is going to make me redo the connector using the solder cups instead.
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OK thanks, I think I will stick with the soldeirng then. Already did it twice I can do it again and its good solder practice. I guess if the connection is near permanent then the pins method is more valid but if you expect to plug/unplug if on a semi regular basis the more solid solder connector is probably better (and after I solder it I hot glue it also)
This is my most recent adapter, it hooks my CP to my Dreamcast:
A better picture of how the connector looks from a close up of my PAC
My biggest hint to make life easy is to put solder in the pin holes first, and to actually mount the DB25 connector to something while working on it. After you get 5 or 6 wires on there it starts to fall over or move if its not held down by something.
I do not have a solder station so I just screwed it down on a dirty old 2x4 from the back yard :P
The DB25 in my case was not for multiple control panels but for multiple systems with one control panel. I currently have PC & DC (and the PC can emulate just about anything) but I have 2x encoders on the way that work for xbox, playstaiton, PC, playstaiton 2, gamecube, & wii. they are wired to a switch so I can toggle it on the fly. I had to use DB25 for my needs as its 2 players using 24 wires on the connection, however for individual player controls I plan to use RJ45, this last adapter I am about to build will be modular so each system will have a cable with a RJ45 end to plug into the adapter box.
I like your cab man, you have some neat gadgetry going on there. My little project does not seem to have any attention because I am the odd one out that does not have a real cab lol.
foleykoontz:
Hey my friend was soldering my controller and also screwed up the A button really bad so it's unusable so we're trying the same trick as you and using the button inside the joystick. The problem is we can't figure out how to use the wire and even which one it is. I think it is the red wire (the colors are red, blue, and copper) but its so small how do you use it? Did you scrape off the enamel on the wire or solder it to a bigger wire? Any help would be appreciated.
Namco:
--- Quote from: foleykoontz on March 29, 2009, 03:20:33 pm ---Hey my friend was soldering my controller and also screwed up the A button really bad so it's unusable so we're trying the same trick as you and using the button inside the joystick. The problem is we can't figure out how to use the wire and even which one it is. I think it is the red wire (the colors are red, blue, and copper) but its so small how do you use it? Did you scrape off the enamel on the wire or solder it to a bigger wire? Any help would be appreciated.
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Here's a closeup of the button:
The light copper and blue/copper wires are the ones you want to look at for your A button signal. I can't remember which one it was that I used, but it's one of them. Test it out with the Xbox plugged in for you answer. Just touch a wire from ground to one of those wires and you'll find out soon enough. These wires are so thin that when you touch the soldering iron to it, the insulation just melts away. Solder it to another wire like it has no insulation and it should work.
Uncle Monkey:
that's awesome man, and so far beyond my abilities. luckily SF4 will have been out for almost a year before I will ba able to finish my cab.......
solid187:
Completely awesome idea and execution. I'm addicted to SF again, and I love your cab. :notworthy:
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