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Harbringer:
Would this wire be ok? Its called "FunWire", found a 5 pack(different colors) of 9 ft coils, its 22 gauge and plastic coated. After shipping its about 8.50

Anyone know of another good site to buy the wire from?
jholman76:

--- Quote from: Harbringer on June 10, 2009, 02:07:09 pm ---Anyone know of another good site to buy the wire from?

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I just used CAT-5 cable and it works great. Free too because I have a crap load for my basement wiring job. Just tin both ends and voila. couldnt be easier... just dont damage the trace. I had to junk a Deal Extreme gamepad the other day because I ripped a trace off of the board. oops... oh well. there goes $9.

There are 2 types of CP builders, ones that want to have fun figuring out the hack, wether it be keyboard or gamepad, and those that just want plug and play.

Both are winners since we are all building cabinets, etc, but I find some sense of accomplishment from hacking. Makes the project more "mine".  I also like saving money!  :D

Why spend money on something you already have?

Just my opinion.
arzoo:

--- Quote from: Harbringer on June 09, 2009, 03:13:18 pm ---If I do go the cheaper route and buy regular joysticks to be used in conjunction with a gamepad hack, what would be comparable in performance to the u360? I dont mean in terms of connectivity but more in joystick feel and movement. I was angling towards the happ competition joystick. What are your thoughts on happ joysticks?

To be honest im not sure how many games I will be playing that require the 4-way joy, but just in case, would the happ super perform similar to the happ competition? Being that they are the same price should I just get the supers?

Thanks again,
-Harbringer  :cheers:

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Every joystick has a unique 'feel' and digital sticks like the u360 are very different from any stick that uses switches (leaf or micro) like the Happ Comps or Supers. One of the reason that the u360's are so popular is that their 'feel' can be customized - length of handle, centering spring stiffness, and physical restrictor plates. Most seem to prefer the stiffer spring with the round restrictor plate (which shortens the throw). Course the other reason they're so popular is that they can be configured (on-the-fly automatically) as a 2-way, 4-way, 8-way, analog, mouse, or custom mapped joystick. I guess the only other stick with similar capabilities would be a Happ 49-Way wired to the GPWiz49 - but I can tell you from personal experience that the u360 works much better as an analog stick than the 49-Way.

So yeah, they're expensive, but I'd say the cost is justified considering how many other sticks you would need to cover so many different games.
Harbringer:
If I use cat 5, what gauge solderless quick disconnect am I going to need?

-Harbringer
javeryh:

--- Quote from: Harbringer on June 10, 2009, 04:26:13 pm ---If I use cat 5, what gauge solderless quick disconnect am I going to need?

-Harbringer

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The invisible kind.   ;D

I've never seen anything smaller than .110 but that might be too big.  I also have no idea what I'm talking about so you've got to factor that in as well - I'm sure someone with actual electrical knowledge will chime in...
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