Good stuff dude, I was hoping you were going to do this when you started this series! When I do an arcade stick (which I will at some point) my plan was to reuse a controller PCB as well. Really well done and I pick up new tips each time! Keep it up!!
Thanks man. Yeah, this should give ideas on reusing the original harnesses for any stick or arcade panel, or just doing pad hacks. It's much cheaper to do pad hacks as you can get get generic controllers for ANY console you want, and get them for less than $5. And you don't have to worry about added lag.
Thanks man. I appreciate the thoughts. Hopefully, it doesn't slam directly into us. Weather Channel is botching the pronounciation of the Hawaiian words badly. LOL 🤙
Check my playlists. I'm actually not done finishing this series up, as I need to show the final product and how to wire up controllers with analog. Thanks for commenting! 🤙
Hey segaholic, I have been following your guides on building an arcade stick, especially your joystick builder website. I chose to use a db15 connector like you said. I’ve tried padhacking two PlayStation controllers now, and both times the copper pads have lifted up from the pcb. How can I prevent this from happening? Also, in the first episode of this series you show your custom stick and the project box you used. I am curious on where I can purchase one and what the dimensions of it are. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hey! great you tried this. You can use any connector hat has however many pins you need. Doesn't need to be a DB15, but the DB15 is cheap and available freely. If you're using official PS2 controllers, don't use those. Use generic ones. They are much easier to solder to. You project box size will depend on what size your pcb is that you want to put into the box. You can cut your pcb to a smaller size if you know what you're doing- allowing you to use smaller project boxes. Just search for "project box" on Amazon, and there are quite a few sizes available.
@@The_SegaHolic Ok! thanks for your help. I was curious if drilling holes with the pin vice will help, as i haven't done that both times. BTW, I have been using third party controllers.
@@The_SegaHolic Yea, you can see the top and left pads I soldered to lifted off the pcb. I put a wire with the trace next to the top one. imgur.com/1dSVNd5
@@The_SegaHolic I need help from the master again, hahahaha. I'm trying to wire up this snes classic controller, but it's giving me trouble. The d-pad is strangely setup, with there being only left and down having ground, and the rest are strangely connected. If you look at this picture I took, you might understand what I mean. How would I go about wiring this? imgur.com/YtV2oPM
I suck though. Music is awesome, but man, I'm just no good. I saw this chick playing in Lakewood in California in an arcade, and DAAAAAAYUUUM. She was ripping through songs. I was mesmerized.
Thanks for the videos man. I have been messing with cab lately, and started seriously considering getting a candy cab. Research so far is pointing me towards a Sega Blast City. You latest videos are very much related due to the Sega astro city controls. Do you not have any cabs of your own?
Can't get a full size cab here on the used market. I would love one but NOBODY has them for sale here! And importing a full cab from Japan would surely kill my wallet. So many options if you live on the mainland. That's why I had to resort to the next best thing. Using the bases. At least I get the real deal feel of the arcade controls. Yup, doing additional research and looking at the manuals and such that I did for the last couple of vids, I'd go with a Blast City. Or manybe a Net City for it's smaller size... unless you want that classic candy cab shape. Blast City panels next up on the upcoming episode... either that or I'd have to fullfill my promise to this viewer to do more OG XBox stuff that I have to touch upon. But yeah, the Astro City controls are compatible with Blast City, But I think Blast City has up to 5 button support without kick harness... so on games like Guilty Gear, you don't need the kick harness. And the kick harness is a 15pin, and supports up to 7 buttons per player.... according to the diagram on the manual of course. But an Astro City panel that's wired for Astro City still should work on a Blasst City as pins 9 (sw4), 10 (sw5), and 11 (+5v) are empty on the Astro City main harness and onl accesses additional buttons via kick harness, which it has... but may only support 5 buttons and not a 6th according to the Astro, and New Astro City manuals I've been able to download. I'm glad I did/doing the videos though. I've learned a ton about the all the wiring and internals of Sega CRT based cabs.
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Excellent work!!
Much thanks dude.
Good stuff dude, I was hoping you were going to do this when you started this series! When I do an arcade stick (which I will at some point) my plan was to reuse a controller PCB as well. Really well done and I pick up new tips each time! Keep it up!!
Thanks man. Yeah, this should give ideas on reusing the original harnesses for any stick or arcade panel, or just doing pad hacks. It's much cheaper to do pad hacks as you can get get generic controllers for ANY console you want, and get them for less than $5. And you don't have to worry about added lag.
Dude!! Hell yes! Now I want to make one of these out of some trashy 3rd party Dreamcast controllers.
Easy enough! Try it!
Stay safe brother.
Thanks man. I appreciate the thoughts. Hopefully, it doesn't slam directly into us. Weather Channel is botching the pronounciation of the Hawaiian words badly. LOL 🤙
Hopefully it won't be too bad, be safe and be blessed
Thanks for the prayers man. Pretty nice right now.... the last couple days has been the hottest/humidest that I can remember. Calm before the storm.
Great videos!! Did you ever shoot the blast city panel mod one?
Check my playlists. I'm actually not done finishing this series up, as I need to show the final product and how to wire up controllers with analog. Thanks for commenting! 🤙
Hey segaholic, I have been following your guides on building an arcade stick, especially your joystick builder website. I chose to use a db15 connector like you said. I’ve tried padhacking two PlayStation controllers now, and both times the copper pads have lifted up from the pcb. How can I prevent this from happening?
Also, in the first episode of this series you show your custom stick and the project box you used. I am curious on where I can purchase one and what the dimensions of it are. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hey! great you tried this. You can use any connector hat has however many pins you need. Doesn't need to be a DB15, but the DB15 is cheap and available freely. If you're using official PS2 controllers, don't use those. Use generic ones. They are much easier to solder to.
You project box size will depend on what size your pcb is that you want to put into the box. You can cut your pcb to a smaller size if you know what you're doing- allowing you to use smaller project boxes. Just search for "project box" on Amazon, and there are quite a few sizes available.
@@The_SegaHolic Ok! thanks for your help. I was curious if drilling holes with the pin vice will help, as i haven't done that both times. BTW, I have been using third party controllers.
@@user-xj2fj9nn3x got pictures of the failed soldering attempts?
@@The_SegaHolic Yea, you can see the top and left pads I soldered to lifted off the pcb. I put a wire with the trace next to the top one.
imgur.com/1dSVNd5
@@The_SegaHolic I need help from the master again, hahahaha. I'm trying to wire up this snes classic controller, but it's giving me trouble. The d-pad is strangely setup, with there being only left and down having ground, and the rest are strangely connected. If you look at this picture I took, you might understand what I mean. How would I go about wiring this?
imgur.com/YtV2oPM
Great vid 👍 Man i would love to do that to my astro cab panel so run on my ps4 the able plug back to sega satan but looks way to completed.😢
Thanks, But it really is not that complicated.
Yo you're a IIDX fan?? awesome :)
I suck though. Music is awesome, but man, I'm just no good. I saw this chick playing in Lakewood in California in an arcade, and DAAAAAAYUUUM. She was ripping through songs. I was mesmerized.
Holy crap. Your IIDX arcade collection is amazing. 🤙 Don't lose the passion.
Thanks for the videos man. I have been messing with cab lately, and started seriously considering getting a candy cab. Research so far is pointing me towards a Sega Blast City. You latest videos are very much related due to the Sega astro city controls. Do you not have any cabs of your own?
Can't get a full size cab here on the used market. I would love one but NOBODY has them for sale here! And importing a full cab from Japan would surely kill my wallet. So many options if you live on the mainland. That's why I had to resort to the next best thing. Using the bases. At least I get the real deal feel of the arcade controls. Yup, doing additional research and looking at the manuals and such that I did for the last couple of vids, I'd go with a Blast City. Or manybe a Net City for it's smaller size... unless you want that classic candy cab shape. Blast City panels next up on the upcoming episode... either that or I'd have to fullfill my promise to this viewer to do more OG XBox stuff that I have to touch upon.
But yeah, the Astro City controls are compatible with Blast City, But I think Blast City has up to 5 button support without kick harness... so on games like Guilty Gear, you don't need the kick harness. And the kick harness is a 15pin, and supports up to 7 buttons per player.... according to the diagram on the manual of course. But an Astro City panel that's wired for Astro City still should work on a Blasst City as pins 9 (sw4), 10 (sw5), and 11 (+5v) are empty on the Astro City main harness and onl accesses additional buttons via kick harness, which it has... but may only support 5 buttons and not a 6th according to the Astro, and New Astro City manuals I've been able to download.
I'm glad I did/doing the videos though. I've learned a ton about the all the wiring and internals of Sega CRT based cabs.