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Xbox controller thumbstick Question.
« on: September 01, 2005, 06:49:22 pm »
Me and a buddy are trying to make an arcade type box, but we're going to rig PC based Joysticks to the thumbsticks. Does anyone have a pinout of the thumbsticks?
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Re: Xbox controller thumbstick Question.
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2005, 12:33:27 am »
How will you make it spring back to center?  I'd imagine the springs in the thumbstick itself are nowhere near strong enough.
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Re: Xbox controller thumbstick Question.
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2005, 09:43:44 am »
Quote from: shmokes on September 02, 2005, 12:33:27 am
How will you make it spring back to center? I'd imagine the springs in the thumbstick itself are nowhere near strong enough.


I think he means that he wants to maount a PC joystick in place of the thumbstick, not actually ON the thumbstick.


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Re: Xbox controller thumbstick Question.
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2005, 08:15:06 pm »
Ya we figured we would mount straight to if necisary, but by the looks of things it shouldn't be a problem. I just need a proper pinout of the thumbsticks, pointing to which pins are which direction.
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Re: Xbox controller thumbstick Question.
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2005, 03:55:29 pm »
the thumbsticks use a combination of two potentiometers each, giving it dual axis analog capabilities.... so in other words, it doesnt use switches. The only way to use an arcade joystick would be to connect it to the digital pad.
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Re: Xbox controller thumbstick Question.
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2005, 04:07:39 pm »
Quote from: khaldunn on September 06, 2005, 03:55:29 pm
the thumbsticks use a combination of two potentiometers each, giving it dual axis analog capabilities.... so in other words, it doesnt use switches. The only way to use an arcade joystick would be to connect it to the digital pad.

No one said anything about using an arcade joystick.


He was talking about wiring a PC joystick (the kind that "use a combination of two potentiometers") in place of the Xbox thumbsticks.


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Re: Xbox controller thumbstick Question.
« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2005, 04:09:46 pm »
Oh, well then its perfectly possible, just make sure that the potentiometers use the same resistance range... and have fun!!

I'll try and find the range of the xbox potentiometers... i have a pair of them right here XD
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Re: Xbox controller thumbstick Question.
« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2005, 04:15:13 pm »
Ok, I got a measurement of 1-28k ohms... but it says B100K on the actual potentiometer...
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Re: Xbox controller thumbstick Question.
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Re: Xbox controller thumbstick Question.
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2005, 08:36:43 pm »
Thanks guys, I'll get back to you when I get some where with this, but it looks like my donor stick isn't going to work so I need to wait to buy a new set.
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Re: Xbox controller thumbstick Question.
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2005, 07:45:03 am »
Ok thought I'd come buy and say I have it working, well sort of I can control both directions on the joystick, but it doesn't combine the signals like the original thumbstick does. So I'm going to continue tinkering but anythoughts would be cool.
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