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Title: How do I find grounds
Post by: LoyalistRevolt on March 13, 2008, 08:12:15 pm

How do I check to see if something is a ground connection or a hot?

Title: Re: How do I find grounds
Post by: Xb0x3r on March 13, 2008, 08:15:10 pm

In my VERY little experience (1 cab), Green wires are ground.

Title: Re: How do I find grounds
Post by: LoyalistRevolt on March 13, 2008, 08:16:50 pm

I meant on a controller hack and such

Title: Re: How do I find grounds
Post by: CheffoJeffo on March 13, 2008, 08:17:58 pm

OK, before we go too far ...

What is the context of the question ?

Are you talking about mains (e.g. AC) power ?

Or are you trying to figure out why your controller isn't working and you think you have a bad common ground ?

EDIT: Already answered ... the reference to HOT threw me and I had visions of someone sticking a controller hack into an electrical socket!

Title: Re: How do I find grounds
Post by: LoyalistRevolt on March 13, 2008, 08:20:34 pm

Well I have this madcatz dreamcast controller and no one has the soldering points for that one so I need to find out where the hots are and before anyone post this site It is not the same type of controller as this http://www.darkravenwind.com/cdvision/madcatz.htm

ps. They are right next to each other I just don't know which is which

Title: Re: How do I find grounds
Post by: brack on March 13, 2008, 08:59:40 pm

Any board I've ever seen has lines you can trace from the buttons.  If you look closely enough the ground sides of them are usually connected to each other.

Title: Re: How do I find grounds
Post by: ArcadEd on March 15, 2008, 12:00:06 am

BINGO to what Brack said :).

Look at the traces.  There will be one that goes to one side of every button area.  That is your common ground.  The other side of that button is the "hot" in this case.

I'm about to solder up two of those exact same pads, so if you need help let me know.

Title: Re: How do I find grounds
Post by: danny_galaga on March 15, 2008, 08:09:37 am

best not to refer to it as 'hot'. thats more a mains term. you alarmed a few of us...

Title: Re: How do I find grounds
Post by: LoyalistRevolt on March 15, 2008, 11:56:30 pm

The strand connect in the middle of the point.....What do I do now :dunno