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XBOX DIY Arcade Stick HELP and Suggestions
« on: March 31, 2009, 03:26:12 am »
Hey all, going to build a arcade stick out of an official xbox 360 wired controller, i will take pictures of the PCB once i get them tomorrow, there will be 2 PCBs.

At the moment i have these parts

6 sanwa 30mm obsf buttons ------  main buttons
2 sanwa 24mm buttons    ----------  start and xbox guide/home
1 sanwa joystick JLF-TP-8YT  ------  joystick has mounting plate attached
1 sanwa joystick Harness    -------  quick connect/disconnect harness for Sanwa JLF joysticks

also bought a bunch of these quick connect wires

http://www.in2amusements.com.au/shop/index.php/13/236_Wire_Coloured_With_Quick_Connector_.110_Size

http://www.in2amusements.com.au/shop/index.php/13/233_Wire_Ground_Harness_Suit_Sanwa

These are the 2 versions of the PCBs which alot of you guys have seen
http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/pcb_diagrams/360_diagram6.jpg
http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/pcb_diagrams/360_diagram1.jpg

Based on my parts and the PCB that i get (could be both the early and late version), may someone help me out with a sketch diagram for the hookup of the wires from the buttons to the PCB?

What iv'e read the common ground PCB should/can be daisy chained? no idea how the daisy chain business works.

Any input or suggestions will be awesome  ;D ... please don't flame me and say "search" the forums first  :timebomb:

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Re: XBOX DIY Arcade Stick HELP and Suggestions
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2009, 04:03:49 am »
Welcome to the forum.

Well I suppose your expecting this, but seriously, search!

If you took two minutes to search or look around you would see this thread right at the top of the consoles sub-forum

> [Xbox 360 Controller Hack Tutorial -- Wireless Hack Now Available!!!] <

You will find most of what you need in there. Have a good read and then come back if you have any questions.

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Re: XBOX DIY Arcade Stick HELP and Suggestions
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2009, 09:35:35 am »
 ;D

Yeah, take a look at my tutorial.  While for an Xbox 360 pad, the method is still basically the same.


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Re: XBOX DIY Arcade Stick HELP and Suggestions
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2009, 03:06:55 am »
Thanks for the replies  :) .... my bad i shall read the tutorial  ;D

While i'm reading the tutorial, someone explain to me how to do a daisy chain if i have a common ground PCB  :)

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Re: XBOX DIY Arcade Stick HELP and Suggestions
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2009, 03:33:35 am »
Daisy chaining means you connect all of the microswitches ground/common terminals together and then attach the linked wire to the common ground on your pad. Kinda like this:



This isn't a control pad but its the same principle. You can see all of the ground/common terminals are linked together whereas the NO (normally open) terminal from each microswitch is attached to a separate input. 

Its a good idea to make the chained grounds into a full loop, that way if you ever have a single ground fail the pad will still function.

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Re: XBOX DIY Arcade Stick HELP and Suggestions
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2009, 10:31:52 am »
Any input or suggestions will be awesome  ;D ... please don't flame me and say "search" the forums first  :timebomb:

Heh, another forum another group of people telling you to search.

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Re: XBOX DIY Arcade Stick HELP and Suggestions
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2009, 03:28:13 am »
thanks for the diagram makes sense kinda  ;D

I have 2 PCB's someone determine if i have a common ground board?



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Re: XBOX DIY Arcade Stick HELP and Suggestions
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2009, 07:39:54 am »
neither one of those is common ground.

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Re: XBOX DIY Arcade Stick HELP and Suggestions
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2009, 08:07:55 am »
yeah i thought so, that sux  :-[