Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: kandiman on March 31, 2009, 03:26:12 am
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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/13/236_Wire_Coloured_With_Quick_Connector_.110_Size)
http://www.in2amusements.com.au/shop/index.php/13/233_Wire_Ground_Harness_Suit_Sanwa (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_diagram6.jpg)
http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/pcb_diagrams/360_diagram1.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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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!!! (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64050.0)] <
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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;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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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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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:
(http://www.ultimarc.com/wiring.gif)
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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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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thanks for the diagram makes sense kinda ;D
I have 2 PCB's someone determine if i have a common ground board?
(http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/879/board2.th.jpg) (http://img58.imageshack.us/my.php?image=board2.jpg)
(http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/8601/board1.th.jpg) (http://img58.imageshack.us/my.php?image=board1.jpg)
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neither one of those is common ground.
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yeah i thought so, that sux :-[