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marcthestrong
marcthestrong over 10 years ago

Forgive me if my forum etiquette is bad. 

 

Im new here and Im just starting getting into MODs. Im planning a Rasberry Pi portable game and I was trying to figure out how I was going to get buttons from a controller and wire them.

 

My question is: Is there a certain place where I should cut the PCB of whatever controller I use to wire it to the GPIO of the Pi? Which controller's with ABXY buttons, excluding the SNES, are easier to wire? Some controllers have alot of components on the back.

 

Can someone help? So i wont spend so much on controllers because of botched PCB boards

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    COMPACT over 10 years ago

    Instead of butchering a game controller have you tried to work out its communication protocol or connection pinout so that you can use its original cord and plug?

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    COMPACT over 10 years ago in reply to COMPACT

    If you look through some of my roadtests I don't usually butcher any devices. I tap into them allowing them to be used as normal or as the additional task.

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    COMPACT over 10 years ago in reply to COMPACT

    If you look through some of my roadtests I don't usually butcher any devices. I tap into them allowing them to be used as normal or as the additional task.

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    marcthestrong over 10 years ago in reply to COMPACT

    I'm making a retroPi portable. I have to cut a pcb.

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    COMPACT over 10 years ago in reply to marcthestrong

    If you do it the GPIO way just use a multimeter on conductivity mode to find out which tracks you want to keep.  You are then free to lose the rest of the PCB except the bits you want to keep for structural integrity.

    With such power comes great responsibility!

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