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Where to solder? Logitech Dual Action game pad
Video_Drome:
hello everyone. Been playin arcade games on mame for soo long and I figure it's time to build my own CP with some parts i got for free (only buttons, i had to buy joysticks from happ. but that was easy since it's only a 25 minute drive :] ) Plus i really want the expierence of wiring up a CP since i'm in the process of buying a dedicated mk2 cabinet and I want to convert it to play umk3 too.
got the panel done (went to Happ yesterday to pick up my joysticks and a few extra buttons) and I have the buttons and joysticks ready to go but I just can't figure out where to solder the ground connection to the pcb. I took a picture of it to share:
it's the pcb for this http://91.103.160.40/admin2/public/hardware/gamepady/Logitech-Dual-Action-Gamepad-100005.jpg
theres some wires that are coming from the PCB and I'm also thinking that if one of those was the ground wire that traveled down the cord to the computer could i just splice it there?
and is the button that turns the Dpad on and Off (when i play mame it's off and i have to press it to use the dpad and the light goes on) going to cause problems? am i going to have to short that circuit so it's always on? has anyone ever seen this? I know other game pads have this button
CathalDublin:
Can you post a pic of the reverse of it please?
Video_Drome:
heres the back
Namco:
That's going to be a tough hack, man. If it's anything like this: http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/pcb_diagrams/pc_diagram1.jpg , you're going to have to solder a lot of little ground wires. Plus scrape every pad to expose some metal. Looks like a nightmare.
Try to find a wired MadCatz Xbox controller for some easy to solder pads. Check all the PCB diagrams on http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/pcb_wiring.html. Good luck with that hack.
Oh, by the way, I had Adblock Plus disabled for this website so I could support the website and its advertisers. Your avatar forced me to turn it back on and create a filter for http://i37.tinypic.com/*.*. Good Job :P
Video_Drome:
thank god its not like that one. YourMameMan did this hack on the exact same controller and he never mentioned anything about soldering individual wires for the ground (and neither did any of the videos i saw on youtube).
I think what i'm going to have to do is put the pcb on a non conductive surface, and then individually test each contact. On that diagram you showed me it looks like all of those contacts are like the shoulder contacts on my pad. Either that, or i'm going to have to take it to the guy who gave me my buttons because he seemed to know a lot about electronics (after all, he owns an electronic store that services arcade machines too)
....or i can just do what my tv says and go to ITT Tech. they may help me LoL
hahah Namco, i love my avatar. i made it ;-)
well, if anyone else wants to help me...please! other wise i'm buying an IPAC and i really really really don't wanna be lame.
and is anyone going to for see a problem with the mode button i mentioned in my earlier post?
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