My Xbox wireless coffee table controller

[rusolinio]

Hi Peeps,

This crappy old, cup stained coffee table has been in my family for years. its been used for so many things in the past, the mind boggles. Couple that with a touch of nostalgia, and years of memories, i almost shed a tear when i drilled the first hole in it.........

Parts used were chromalux buttons from Ultimarc, some left over happ competition buttons i had left over from an old arcade machine, and a Mag-stik plus, also from Ultimarc.









I also used sanwa microswitches, but are too 'clicky' for me. I plan on changing the full lot for cherry micros for my preffered feel. Also gotta tidy up the wiring.....

There is also green leds in the buttons, but they are 5v, so another power source will have to be used to make them work. (probably do it at the weekend)

Now, anyone for a severe thrashing on SF4?

[ChadTower]

Nice job, but put a bottom panel in there... someone will eventually catch one of those wires on a finger or a beer or something.

[drventure]

Love it! I'm a sucker for repurposing stuff.

But, seriously, would it a killed ya to give it a rub down with some 240 grit and slap some stain on there? 

[rusolinio]

lol, it is a bit grubby yeah. But thats the point. I can still use it without fear of further damage, as i have done for nigh on 20 years!!!
I do plan on making it a little nicer, but by way of chasing leds in the buttons.

I plan on making a two player coffee table for my next mod, and it will be a whole lot nicer.....

Anyone else done a wireless controller table of any kind? i'd love to see some to inspire my next build......

[severdhed]

that's a cool idea.  i've often thought about doing a 2 player coffee table controller, with a reversible top, so i could function as a normal coffee table, then you flip it and there are your arcade controls.

[pinballwizard79]

Very cool

[Franco B]

Anyone else done a wireless controller table of any kind? i'd love to see some to inspire my next build......

Blanka did something similar with some Ikea tables and Jakks TV games:



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[rusolinio]

Lool. I just bought that very same black table last week!

Had a trip to ikea, and found this table, as well as a longer version of it for a two player controller im planning...... spooky..

[Burke LaShell]

How did you connect the wires to the controller?  I've tried soldering wires to a TV remote in the past and didn't have any luck.

Thanks,
--Burke

[Ginsu Victim]

How did you connect the wires to the controller?  I've tried soldering wires to a TV remote in the past and didn't have any luck.

Thanks,
--Burke

Then you need to read more on this forum because both of those are easy.

[rusolinio]

The level of ease/difficulty for this mod relies on which controller version you decide to use. I used a common ground (CG) version for minimal soldering. Other versions i hear have larger solder points to hit, but a lot more work involved wiring wise.

I'm pretty good at soldering, but still had several issues with small contacts lifting from the board. i then had to hit even smaller points as an alternate to fix my mistakes which really was a pain in the ass.

All info you need can be found here:

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=471958

[rusolinio]

Got well sick of the magstick, and went for a much smoother Happ ultimate stick (modified to sit lower than standard) Also changed buttons around and made them all green. I took out the green inserts as i couldnt see the light through them:



I also bought a running led kit from 'GadgetGangster.com' and hooked it up to the buttons. I had to solder some of my own leds into the button casings as the ones i had were 5v and ended up being too dim. Just need a way to better diffuse the light, was thinking cotton wool, but this will do for now.....




More messy wires...Ugh!



And a short vid showing how it works......




Photobucket can be a right pain sometimes. Heres a link to the vid if you cant view the one above:



Still messing with light colours and such, but you get the idea......

[slapaham]

I did something quite similar to this too... re-using items like this is a good idea when done sympathetically... I haven't got around to finishing it yet (which you can tell by the mess and bits hanging out everywhere!)... and even when I do, I'll probably have to sell it due to a lack of space as it's fairly big...

It's a supergun...


I used an old card table... heavy as hell and has a really nice retro look to it... the idea was to have it so the jamma board could slip under the controls so it's protected...