Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: opt2not on July 07, 2009, 09:06:07 pm
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Just finished a PS3 wireless stick build for a buddy of mine. It's a simple design, no frills.
I left it art-less since he's going to be creating his own artwork to be printed out. I'll take pictures of it when he gets that done.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90051.0;attach=127094)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90051.0;attach=127096)
The box is made out of MDF, covered by Formica. The Formica finish turned out really nicely, it's clean and durable and most important of all, quick to apply!
I highly recommend using this stuff instead of painting. You'll save so much time, money, and you'll have a cleaner more even surface. A full sheet of Formica costs $60 at Home Depot, (i can't remember the dimensions but it's about the same amount of a sheet of MDF, if not more) and can fully cover about 10 of these sticks.
The guy I made it for grew up playing on old North American cabinets and prefers the feel of the non-japanese style buttons and joys.
The parts are Happs concave pushbuttons, iL Eurostick with oval-top, interfaced by Toodles' Axisdapter the PS3 wireless controller PCB. I got a USB panel mount (Male Mini-B to Female Type-A) from USBFirewire.com and connected it to the PCB for external USB access to the PS3.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90051.0;attach=127100)
I put a thick piece of Lexan on the bottom, and mounted rubber casters to it. Here's a shot of the wiring too, it could be cleaner, but it doesn't look too bad as is.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90051.0;attach=127098)
This is the first of 3 sticks I'm building, the other two are going to be dual-stick enabled (wired joystick triggers to buttons presses), for games like Robotron, Mutant Storm, etc...
I'll throw up progress pictures of those ones as I get to 'em.
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did u resess the joystick cutout? or is it just flat mounted on the bottom?
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did u resess the joystick cutout? or is it just flat mounted on the bottom?
It's recessed. It's hard to tell, my pictures are a bit dark. I put black vinyl on the bottom so it looks a bit cleaner. I got lazy and didn't bother covering all the undersides, in hindsight I should have used the Formica on the underside because it really makes it look a lot more pro.
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Nice job. Where do you buy the white terminal strip thing? I couldn't find it in my Home Depot...
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Nice job. Where do you buy the white terminal strip thing? I couldn't find it in my Home Depot...
You can buy them at Radio Shack... but if I recall, RandyT has them on his site for cheaper. I usually buy in bulk on eBay (I use them for my controller hacks).
-Euro Terminal Strip-
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Nice job. Where do you buy the white terminal strip thing? I couldn't find it in my Home Depot...
You can buy them at Radio Shack... but if I recall, RandyT has them on his site for cheaper. I usually buy in bulk on eBay (I use them for my controller hacks).
-Euro Terminal Strip-
They're also referred to as Terminal Barrier strips...I got mine from The Source, our Radio Shack equivalent up here in the great white tundra.
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Did you gut a controller to make that or is there an interface board that I have never heard of in it?
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Did you gut a controller to make that or is there an interface board that I have never heard of in it?
That's a PS3 sixaxis controller along with the Toodles Axisdapter.
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Okay, I figured it was some type of PS3 controller hack. Neat stuff.