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Splitting the buttons out on an xbox joypad.
djlins:
Hiya,
I have a bit of a dilemna and am looking for some ideas and to see if I am missing something obvious.
So I am knee deep into my project now on the little beasty here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=115421.0
and I want to butcher a USB controller for it but I am wondering if I am going about it the right way?
My MBoard has one USB port that I want to plug a normal controller interface into so I want to butcher a PC USB Analog controller like this:
The reason I chose that one is because it has 2 analog controllers plus 2 analog triggers round the back plus 7 buttons as well as 4 DPad buttons.
I figure that I can split out the 2 analogue controllers and mount one attatched to the steering wheel on the left somehow and attach one on the right to the gearshift, and I intend to cut a couple of holes in front of the gear shift to place the accelerator and brake triggers (assuming that they all split out as separate entities then that part should be simples).
The trouble is I also want to split out the buttons. If you look at the image of the cabinet it is going into then I want to mount 2 buttons on either side of the gear shift handle.
The other buttons I would like to mount somewhere on the dash behind the steering wheel as they would be used mainly for the OK and enter coin and player 1 buttons.
The trouble is I just know inside that joypad casing the buttons are going to be all on one PCB and my soldering is terrible so I dont want to try and chop it up and solder the connections together.
So could anyone give me hints on how I may split those buttons up into separate moveable buttons (baring in mind that I am terrible at soldering).
Either that or is there a better USB joypad or joystick that I would be better off looking at to make it easier to split out all of the controls I need?
Cheers for any advice,
djlins.
Hoopz:
Use the man to do it for you:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=76185.0
djlins:
Wikkid
I didnt expect and answer that quickly.
Cheers.
L
Donkbaca:
You aren't going to be able to move those analog controls, especially if you aren't good at soldering
djlins:
--- Quote ---You aren't going to be able to move those analog controls, especially if you aren't good at soldering
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Yeah I just found that one out.
Hmm I really want analogue because this is a driving sim and not just an arcade sim.
Does anyone have any thoughts on using bits like this:
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9032
and
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9807
and building something up myself that would run through a USB plug?
Does that sound like a harder plan?
Is there any USB joysticks or joypads out there that has easily moveable 10K Potentiometers?
Hmmm there is an answer somewhere I just know it.
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