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Title: help me make a psx arcade controller
Post by: alundra on December 12, 2004, 10:09:01 pm

so far ive only able to find one guide for building a arcade controller for psx..and im not really understand it clearly enough..basically all i know is to connect wires by solder one end of the wire to the psx controller buttons(the copper thing) and the other end to the joystick and pushbutton...is this all i need to do to make a arcade controll working, if i miss anything else please show me what i need to do...and about the ground connections...do i need to connect every ground from joystick and pushbuttons to the ground buttons on the psx controller..thanks

Title: Re: help me make a psx arcade controller
Post by: TalkingOctopus on December 13, 2004, 12:09:20 am

I recently purchased a ps2 and connected it to arcade controls.  I used all digital ps1 pads that you can pick up at gamestop for $5.00.  The soldering process is like what you describe.  You only need 1 ground, which you can daisy chain around all of the buttons. 

Here are a few good links:

http://home.comcast.net/~spiffyshoes/DualShockHack/ - A solderless job! 

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jdpyle1/controls_playstation.htm - not solderless, but gets the job done none the less. 

Good luck.

Title: Re: help me make a psx arcade controller
Post by: alundra on December 13, 2004, 12:52:46 am

thanks..but i still dont get it..first, what is daisy chain and how do i make it..
second..why all the wires connect to a connector..3rd..where exactly is the pink wire connect to on the other pcb..also there are bunches of hole in the connector, how to i know which wire should go into which hole..and i dont get whats the brown and orange(p360) wires for..

Title: Re: help me make a psx arcade controller
Post by: TalkingOctopus on December 13, 2004, 01:23:20 am

The reason they wired it to a connector is because they connect their controls to multiple systems.

Title: Re: help me make a psx arcade controller
Post by: alundra on December 13, 2004, 01:39:50 am

thanks alot for clearing this up..i still wondering is the ground wire different from other wires, like size and current of the wire..or the same like other wires..because it seem like the black wire in the picture are smaller than other wires..thanks

Title: Re: help me make a psx arcade controller
Post by: TalkingOctopus on December 13, 2004, 03:12:42 am

18-22 gauge wire should be fine.  I used 20 gauge wire.

The thicker wires you see in oscars picture are the power wires for the p360.  The p360 comes with those wires physically attached to the joy.  He used around around 20 gauge for everything else.

Title: Re: help me make a psx arcade controller
Post by: LordDamo on December 14, 2004, 08:53:49 am

Just looked at the solderless hack - looks like something I could do - as im crap at soldering.

Im just woundering how to complete this hack though? (what and how do I connect to the other end of the red wires to plug it into the PC?)

Thanks in advance

Title: Re: help me make a psx arcade controller
Post by: TalkingOctopus on December 14, 2004, 09:31:44 am

Quote from: LordDamo on December 14, 2004, 08:53:49 am

Just looked at the solderless hack - looks like something I could do - as im crap at soldering.

Im just woundering how to complete this hack though? (what and how do I connect to the other end of the red wires to plug it into the PC?)

Thanks in advance

The wires at the other end attach to the arcade controls - the buttons and joystick.