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CoryBee:

--- Quote from: capsule on June 14, 2012, 11:07:23 am ---
--- Quote from: bsktbllmn23 on June 14, 2012, 10:59:27 am ---I don't really want to try and solder 2 wires for each contact.

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Definitely the way to go, use as many common grounds as possibles.
If you have a Dremel, drill the PCB to get "real" soldering points, it's much more durable and easy to solder.
You can also desolder the back buttons PCBs and use those predrilled soldering points (this is great to get a ground as well).

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I tried to drill through the contact pads on my most recent bartop dock build and had an issue. My drill bit was too big, even my smallest one drilled out too much pad that I couldn't get a proper solder connection. I should pick up a smaller bit sometime soon.

bsktbllmn23:
I was going to use my Dremel and go get the smallest bit I could find. Trying to match it with the holes that are exposed on the PCB for the shoulder buttons. I might even try to use the ground on the Right Shoulder button PCB because it seems to be common to all the buttons except for the super-secret-willy-nilly-ridiculous ground that shares Up and Right.

I hooked them up last night and I seem to have an issue with how they are recognized in XP. They come up in the game pad dashboard as 2 separate controllers, but BOTH called "Twin USB Game pad".

Mala worked great. Mame didn't seem to be able to distinguish the difference between the 2 separate button pushes. I will be doing a ton more testing tonight after work and this weekend. So more details to come, but I am hoping that I was just really tired and that is the root of the issue haha.

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